polenta

A thick mush made of boiled cornmeal.

In Italy: A porridge made of Indian meal (maize-meal), the principal food of the poorer people throughout large sections of the country.

A porridge made of chestnut-meal, much used in autumn.

In France, a porridge made of barley-meal, not common except in the south.

Pudding made of Indian meal; also, porridge made of chestnut meal.

any of various types and consistencies of a starchy accompaniment to a meal made from coarse maize–meal porridge, sometimes fried or grilled

a thick mush made of cornmeal boiled in stock or water