Usually means: Cornmeal boiled into a porridge.
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General (24 matching dictionaries)
  1. polenta: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. Polenta, polenta: Merriam-Webster
  3. polenta: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. polenta: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. polenta: Collins English Dictionary
  6. polenta: Vocabulary.com
  7. Polenta, polenta: Wordnik
  8. polenta: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. polenta: Wiktionary
  10. polenta: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. polenta: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. polenta: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Polenta, polenta: Dictionary.com
  14. polenta: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. Polenta (disambiguation), Polenta: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Polenta: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. polenta: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. polenta: Rhymezone
  19. Polenta: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. polenta: FreeDictionary.org
  21. polenta: Mnemonic Dictionary
  22. polenta: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. Paris Cookbook (No longer online)
  2. polenta: Linda's Culinary Dictionary
  3. Epicurus.com French Glossary (No longer online)
  4. Epicurus.com Food Glossary (No longer online)
  5. Epicurus.com Italian Glossary (No longer online)

Tech (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. BBC Food Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Culinary Cafe (No longer online)

(Note: See polentas as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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noun:  Any of various types and consistencies of a starchy accompaniment to a meal made from coarse maize-meal porridge, sometimes fried or grilled.

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