hominy

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈhɒmɪnɪ/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈhɑməni/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(hom′ə nē)


WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
hom•i•ny /ˈhɑməni/USA pronunciation   n. [uncountable]
  1. Foodhulled corn prepared by bleaching the whole kernels or by crushing and sifting.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
hom•i•ny  (hom′ə nē),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. whole or ground hulled corn from which the bran and germ have been removed by bleaching the whole kernels in a lye bath (lye hominy) or by crushing and sifting (pearl hominy.)
  • Virginia Algonquian (English spelling, spelled) uskatahomen, usketchamun a nominalized passive verb, verbal, literally, that which is treated (in the way specified by the unidentified initial element), here probably that which is ground or beaten
  • 1620–30, American.

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
hominy / ˈhɒmɪnɪ/
  1. coarsely ground maize prepared as a food by boiling in milk or water
Etymology: 17th Century: probably of Algonquian origin
'hominy' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
corn grits - grits - hominy grits - lye hominy - menudo - pearl hominy - posole

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