Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- 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.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Maize hulled and ground or broken more or less coarsely and prepared for food by being mixed with water and boiled.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun U.S. Maize hulled and broken, and prepared for food by being boiled in water.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Western Hemisphere A
food made fromhulled corn (maize ) kernels soaked inlye water, rinsed, then cooked and eaten; or, the rinsed kernels are dried and coarsely ground into hominygrits .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun hulled corn with the bran and germ removed
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Simmer for 3 hours, adding water if necessary to keep covered, or until the hominy is chewy tender.
Posole With Eye Of The Goat Beans & Shredded Chicken Laura 2009
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Simmer for 3 hours, adding water if necessary to keep covered, or until the hominy is chewy tender.
Archive 2009-03-01 Laura 2009
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Pozole, a rich soup based on pork and hominy is the “chicken-corn-soup” of Mexico and is on the menu of all cenadurias.
The cuisine of Sinaloa: Cenadurias in Mazatlan serve caldo and conversation 2006
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Add the chile puree, marjoram, thyme and hominy and continue cooking until the hominy is tender.
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Add the chile puree, marjoram, thyme and hominy and continue cooking until the hominy is tender.
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If canned hominy is used, it should be added to the pot once the meat is tender.
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Pozole, a rich soup based on pork and hominy is the “chicken-corn-soup” of Mexico and is on the menu of all cenadurias.
The cuisine of Sinaloa: Cenadurias in Mazatlan serve caldo and conversation 2006
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This will require less time if canned hominy is used.
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April 10, 2006 at 09: 09 AM whoops, here is ma makes hominy from the chocolate lady.
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If canned hominy is used, it should be added to the pot once the meat is tender.
somern commented on the word hominy
Knock knock
Who's there?
Hominy
Hominy who?
Hominy boxes of cereal do you want?
December 12, 2006
skipvia commented on the word hominy
This is a fun word to say over and over again.
October 28, 2007
bilby commented on the word hominy
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July 6, 2022