grits

n.pl.
1 coarsely ground grain, esp. oatmeal.
2 oats that have been husked but not ground.
Etymology: OE grytt(e): cf. GRIT, GROATS

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noun

coarsely ground hulled corn boiled as a breakfast dish in the southern United States

• Syn: ↑hominy grits

• Hypernyms: ↑hot cereal

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/grits/, n. (used with a sing. or pl. v.)

1. Also called hominy grits. coarsely ground hominy, boiled and sometimes then fried, eaten as a breakfast dish or as a side dish with meats.

2. grain hulled and coarsely ground.

[bef. 900; ME gryttes (pl.), OE gryt(t); c. G Grütze]

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grits /grits/

plural noun

1. Coarsely ground grain, esp oats or (US) hominy

2. A boiled dish of this

ORIGIN: OE grytta; cf ↑groats

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grits UK [ɡrɪts] US noun [plural] american

a food made from maize (=a type of grain) that has been crushed and boiled in water, often eaten for breakfast, especially in the southern US

Thesaurus: rice, wheat and grain products_hyponym types of food or drink_hypernym

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grits «grihts», noun (plural).

1. corn, oats, wheat, or other grain with the husks removed and coarsely ground. Grits are eaten boiled.

2. U.S. coarsely ground corn or hominy cooked as a cereal.

╂[Middle English gryttes bran, chaff, alteration of Old English gryttan, plural of grytte. See related etym. at grit (Cf. ↑grit), groats (Cf. ↑groats), rout. (Cf. ↑rout)]

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[grits]

plural n. [also treated as sing.] a dish of coarsely ground corn kernels boiled with water or milk

■ coarsely ground corn kernels from which this dish is made

Origin:

Old English grytt, grytte ‘bran, mill dust’, of Germanic origin: related to Dutch grutten, German Grütze, also to groats

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/ˈgrıts/ noun [plural]

: a type of ground corn that is eaten especially in the southern U.S.

We had sausage and grits for breakfast.

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grits [ɡrɪts] [ɡrɪts] noun plural

↑corn ( ↑maize ) that is partly crushed before cooking, often eaten for breakfast or as part of a meal in the southern US

 

Word Origin:

[grits] Old English grytt, grytte ‘bran, mill dust’, of Germanic origin: related to Dutch grutten, German Grütze.