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puffcorn

puffcorn noun: a corn snack, visually similar to popcorn, but made with corn meal and baked.

Noun

puffcorn (uncountable)

  1. A corn snack, visually similar to popcorn, but made with corn meal and baked.
    • She tossed the pork rinds into the trash can and settled on some cheese puffcorn curls—not the healthiest things in the world but an improvement upon the former.2006, Peyton Mathie, chapter 27, in Hayden's Corner, iUniverse, →ISBN, page 69
    • Additional products include pretzels, regular and cheese puffcorn, cheese curls, corn chips, tortilla chips, pork rinds and salsa dip.2010, Food & Beverage Market Place, Grey House Publishing, volume 1, 1127

Origin of puffcorn

From puff + corn.

Questions about puffcorn

What does puffcorn mean?
Puffcorn means a corn snack, visually similar to popcorn, but made with corn meal and baked.
What part of speech is puffcorn?
Puffcorn is a noun.

Words near puffcorn in the dictionary

  1. puffballs
  2. puffbird
  3. puffbirds
  4. puffbutt
  5. puffbutts
  6. puffcorn
  7. puffed
  8. puffed grain
  9. puffed one's chest
  10. puffed out
  11. puffed rice

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