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Indian meal

Indian meal noun: cornmeal (made from maize); cornflour (made from maize).

Noun

Indian meal (usually uncountable, plural Indian meals)

  1. (usually, archaic outside fossil use) Cornmeal (made from maize); cornflour (made from maize).

Forms of Indian meal

pluralIndian meals

Origin of Indian meal

From Indian + meal. Since the early 17th century. The word Indian here is used in its New World sense. More at Indian corn.

Words formed from Indian meal

Questions about Indian meal

What does Indian meal mean?
Indian meal means cornmeal (made from maize); cornflour (made from maize).
What part of speech is Indian meal?
Indian meal is a noun.
What is the plural of Indian meal?
The plural of Indian meal is Indian meals.

Words near Indian meal in the dictionary

  1. Indian madder
  2. Indian mahoganies
  3. Indian mahogany
  4. Indian mallow
  5. Indian marking-nut tree
  6. Indian meal
  7. Indian meal moth
  8. Indian meal moths
  9. Indian millet
  10. Indian millets
  11. Indian Mills

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