semolina

[sem-uh-lee-nuh]

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noun

a granular, milled product of durum wheat, consisting almost entirely of endosperm particles, used chiefly in the making of pasta.

Origin of semolina

1790–1800; alteration of Italian semolino, equivalent to semol(a) bran (≪ Latin simila flour) + -ino diminutive suffix

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Related Words for semolina

grass, cereal, durum, spelt, gluten

Examples from the Web for semolina

Historical Examples of semolina

This is a broad description of semolina, middlings and dunst.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5
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It is made with fish, semolina, and onions in a double saucepan which in England is called a steamer.
Castellinaria
Henry Festing Jones
The fish are put into the water at the right moment and are boiled while the semolina is being steamed.
Castellinaria
Henry Festing Jones
It is all served together like bouillabaisse, the semolina answering to the bread, and extract of pomidoro is added.
Castellinaria
Henry Festing Jones
It was a standard loaf, containing eighty per cent of semolina, and it practically wiped the Infant Samuel out of existence.
The Man Upstairs
P. G. Wodehouse

British Dictionary definitions for semolina

semolina

noun

the large hard grains of wheat left after flour has been bolted, used for puddings, soups, etc

Word Origin for semolina

C18: from Italian semolino, diminutive of semola bran, from Latin simila very fine wheat flour

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Word Origin and History for semolina

meal from hard kernels of wheat, 1797, alteration of Italian semolino "grits; paste for soups," diminutive of semola "bran," from Latin simila "the finest flour," probably from the same Semitic source as Greek semidalis "the finest flour" (cf. Assyrian samidu, Syrian semida "fine meal").