grits

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/ grɪts /

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noun (used with a singular or plural verb)

Also called hominy grits . (especially in Southern cooking) coarsely ground hominy, or white corn, boiled to a thick consistency and then sometimes fried, eaten as a breakfast dish or as a side dish with meat.Compare polenta.

grain hulled and coarsely ground.

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Origin of grits

First recorded before 900; Middle English grut(t)a, gryttes (plural) “coarse meal, bran,” Old English gryt(t) “dust, meal”; cognate with German Grütze

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How to use grits in a sentence

The cafeteria style stop is basically a comfort food joint—think baby back ribs, shrimp and grits, and gumbo—done well.
Delayed? The Best Airport Restaurants to Eat at This Thanksgiving|Brandy Zadrozny|November 27, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Maybe things turned around when Mitt declared he likes grits!
Can Newt Gingrich Hang On After Alabama and Mississippi Primaries?|Howard Kurtz|March 13, 2012|DAILY BEAST
The Reformers, as the Clear Grits preferred to call themselves officially, should perhaps have been content with so much progress.
The Canadian Dominion|Oscar D. Skelton
Pegleg rolled off her, as inert as a sack of grits, and lay face upward in the path, with his arms wide outspread on the mud.
The Escape of Mr. Trimm|Irvin S. Cobb

Wherever streams have worn deep channels, they either disclose this rock or its adjuncts, the grits, or silicious sinter.
Summary Narrative of an Exploratory Expedition to the Sources of the Mississippi River, in 1820|Henry Rowe Schoolcraft
Whole oatmeal or grits, and a piece of apple or pear occasionally, are healthy food.
Harper's Young People, September 21, 1880|Various
For lightness on long trips, dried fruits and meal or grits are a wise selection.
How Girls Can Help Their Country|Juliette Low

British Dictionary definitions for grits

grits

/ (ɡrɪts) /

pl n

hulled and coarsely ground grain

US See hominy grits

Word Origin for grits

Old English grytt; related to Old High German gruzzi; see great, grit

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