Samp

Quick meaning: Samp is a noun meaning (chiefly US) An article of food consisting of coarse ground maize, or a porridge made from it.

Meaning

(chiefly US) An article of food consisting of coarse ground maize, or a porridge made from it.

Example Sentences

We remained in class until 12.45, and then had a lunch of samp, sour milk and beans, seldom meat.

Abigail taught her the use of the samp mortar. Samp was corn broken into coarse grains and boiled as porridge.

In the area of cuisine, the Xhosa have contributed many corn recipes, most famously samp and beans (umngqusho).

The meal, coarse or fine, is then used for samps, mushes, or batters, and cakes, thick or thin, and of many varieties and degrees of wholesomeness.

Word Forms

• samps

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include porridge, mush, suppawn, cornmeal, maizemeal, supawn.

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