Cereal+grain
21cereal leaf beetle — noun : a small reddish brown black headed Old World chrysomelid beetle (Oulema melanopus) that feeds on cereal grasses and is a serious pest of United States grain crops * * * an Old World leaf beetle, Oulema melanopus, introduced into North… …
22grain — /greɪn / (say grayn) noun 1. a small hard seed, especially a seed of one of the cereal plants: wheat, rye, oats, barley, maize, or millet. 2. the gathered seeds of cereal plants in the mass. 3. the plants themselves, whether standing or gathered …
23grain — [[t]gre͟ɪn[/t]] ♦♦♦ grains 1) N COUNT: usu with supp A grain of wheat, rice, or other cereal crop is a seed from it. ...a grain of wheat. ...rice grains. 2) N MASS Grain is a cereal crop, especially wheat or corn, that has been harvested and is… …
24grain — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. fruit, cereal, seed, grist, kernel; texture, temper, tendency; mite, speck, bit (see littleness). II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Seeds of domesticated grasses] Syn. cereal, cereals, corn (British), small… …
25cereal - serial — These words are both pronounced . ◊ cereal A cereal is a plant such as wheat, maize, or rice that produces grain. Wheat may have been the first cereal to be cultivated. Some kinds of food made from grain are also called cereals. In many countries …
26cereal — ce·re·al sir ē əl adj relating to grain or to the plants that produce it also made of grain cereal n 1) a plant (as a grass) yielding farinaceous grain suitable for food also its grain 2) a prepared foodstuff of grain * * * ce·re·al (sērґe… …
27cereal — [[t]sɪ͟əriəl[/t]] cereals 1) N MASS Cereal or breakfast cereal is a food made from grain. It is mixed with milk and eaten for breakfast. I have a glass of fruit juice and a bowl of cereal every morning. 2) N COUNT Cereals are plants such as wheat …
28cereal */ — UK [ˈsɪərɪəl] / US [ˈsɪrɪəl] noun Word forms cereal : singular cereal plural cereals 1) [countable/uncountable] a food made from grain, for example wheat, oats, or corn, mainly eaten with milk for breakfast a bowl of cereal 2) [countable] a plant …
29grain — noun 1》 wheat or other cultivated cereal used as food. ↘a single seed or fruit of a cereal. 2》 a small, hard particle of a substance such as sand. ↘a discrete particle or crystal in a metal, igneous rock, etc. 3》 the smallest unit of… …
30cereal — ce|re|al S3 [ˈsıəriəl US ˈsır ] n [Date: 1800 1900; : French; Origin: céréale, from Latin cerealis of Ceres , from Ceres ancient Roman goddess of grain and farming] 1.) [U and C] a breakfast food made from grain and usually eaten with milk ▪ a… …
