farina
farina — noun
1. a powdery ingredient made by grinding grains such as wheat, which has a coarser
a powdery ingredient made by grinding grains such as wheat, which has a coarser texture than ordinary flour and is typically cooked as a hot breakfast dish or used to thicken puddings
Every morning, Rohan eats a bowl of farina with butter and honey for breakfast.
bowl of farina — common breakfast collocation
For dessert, Mira stirred farina into the simmering milk to make a creamy pudding.
cooking pattern: stir farina into milk
The recipe calls for farina instead of regular flour to make the cake texture coarser.
When Feng had a sore throat, his mother made him warm farina with cinnamon.
Lara bought a box of farina at the market to try a different breakfast cereal.
- cream of wheat
Cream of Wheat is a brand name for farina; the two terms are used interchangeably in everyday American English.
- semolina
Semolina is ground from durum wheat and has a coarser texture than farina; the two are related but not identical.
文法句型
farina + [verb] + as/for + [purpose]
用法筆記
Farina is most commonly eaten as a hot breakfast cereal in the United States, where it is often sold under brand names. Outside the US, the term may be less familiar and the product is sometimes labelled as coarse wheat flour or semolina, though semolina is typically coarser.