farina

noun

fa·​ri·​na fə-ˈrē-nə 

1

: a fine meal of vegetable matter (such as cereal grains) used chiefly for puddings or as a breakfast cereal

2

: any of various powdery or mealy substances

Examples of farina in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The children, who included Soleiny Jacobombaire Mucutuy, 9, and Tien Ranoque Mucutuy, 4, survived by eating farina – a coarse cassava flour commonly used by indigenous tribes in the Amazon region, officials said Saturday. —Stefano Pozzebon, CNN, 12 June 2023

Directions Up to 12 hours before serving, put the rice, oats, barley and farina in a 6-to-10-cup rice cooker. —Shreyas Laddha, Hartford Courant, 9 Sep. 2022

Meanwhile, Aunt Jemima pancake mix, Cream of Wheat farina, Mrs. Butterworth syrup and Eskimo Pie ice cream treats continue to review their branding. —cleveland, 23 Sep. 2020

Place one rounded teaspoon of the cool farina custard at the center bottom of each pastry sheet. —Hannah Evans, Dallas News, 12 Feb. 2020

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un inspects a potato farina factory. —Jonathan Cheng, WSJ, 14 Dec. 2017

They'd been locked in competition with another hot breakfast cereal—Cream of Wheat, made with farina—since the early 1900s. —Lorraine Boissoneault, Smithsonian, 8 Mar. 2017

But instead, I was presented with a savory herb and cheese egg Benedict with ricotta and farina cake. —Megan O'Brien, Harper's BAZAAR, 25 July 2017

Word History

Etymology

Latin, meal, flour, from far spelt — more at barley

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

farina

noun

fa·​ri·​na fə-ˈrē-nə 

: a fine meal made chiefly from cereal grains used especially as a breakfast cereal

Medical Definition

farina

noun

fa·​ri·​na fə-ˈrē-nə 

: a fine meal of vegetable matter (as cereal grains) used chiefly for puddings or as a breakfast cereal