semolina
noun/ˌseməˈliːnə/
/ˌseməˈliːnə/
[uncountable]- large hard grains of wheat pressed and used for making pasta and sweet dishesTopics Foodc2
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- a sweet dish made from semolina and milk, eaten for dessert in the UK and for breakfast in the USTopics Foodc2
Word Originlate 18th cent.: from Italian semolino, diminutive of semola ‘bran’, from Latin simila ‘flour’.
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