Definition of "middlings" [mid•dlings]

• Low grade or coarse flour; coarse wheat mixed with bran. (noun)
• The part of a pig between the shoulder and the ham. (noun)
• Partially refined ore or petroleum. (noun)
• Commodities that are of intermediate price, size or quality. (noun)

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• "On the spare-rib and chine there is but little meat, and the pieces called middlings consist almost entirely of fat."
• "Some of these are made of the waste of flouring mills, known as "middlings,""
• "Toppings are actually "middlings" in a Chicago deep dish."