how to pronounce hominy

/ˈhɑːmɪniː/

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hominy is pronounced in three syllables

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ɑː

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iː

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An example use of hominy in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… what are they sorry hominy so it's kinda …”

meanings of hominy

noun:

A food made from hulled corn (maize) kernels soaked in lye water, rinsed, then cooked and eaten; or, the rinsed kernels are dried and coarsely ground into hominy grits.

hominy frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word hominy occurs in english on average 0 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics hominy can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that hominy can be often used in the following areas:

1) food and health;