Hominy

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  • noun. Whole or ground kernels of corn from which the hull and germ have been removed, as by boiling in a solution of water and lye.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Maize hulled and ground or broken more or less coarsely and prepared for food by being mixed with water and boiled.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Maize hulled and broken, and prepared for food by being boiled in water.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A food made from hulled corn (maize) kernels soaked in lye water, rinsed, then cooked and eaten; or, the rinsed kernels are dried and coarsely ground into hominy grits.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. hulled corn with the bran and germ removed
    • Word Usage
    "Simmer for 3 hours, adding water if necessary to keep covered, or until the hominy is chewy tender."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    corn  edible corn  
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    lye hominy  pearl hominy  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    domini  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    arrowroot  bacon  barley  buttermilk  cornbread  
    variant
    homony  
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