Cereal+grain

  • 51cereal — ce•re•al [[t]ˈsɪər i əl[/t]] n. 1) pln any plant of the grass family, as wheat, rye, oats, or corn, yielding an edible grain 2) pln the grain itself 3) some edible preparation of it, esp. a breakfast food 4) pln of or pertaining to grain or the… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 52cereal leaf beetle — noun Date: 1962 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 …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 53grain — Synonyms and related words: abrade, ace, acorn, aftergrass, animus, apply paint, aptitude, atom, atomize, bamboo, barley, beat, bedaub, bedizen, begild, bent, berry, besmear, bias, bird seed, bit, blood, body build, bran, brand, bray, break up,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 54cereal — [19] Cereal is a comparatively modern introduction of the Latin adjective cereālis ‘of grain’, which was derived from the name of Cerēs, the Roman goddess of agriculture (identified with Greek Demeter). It has, needless to say, no connection with …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 55cereal — n 1. grain, seed, kernal, meal, hominy, Chiefly Southern U.S. grits; wheat, rye, oats, rice, corn, maize, barley, bran. 2. breakfast food, cold cereal, granola; oatmeal, Trademark.Cream of Wheat, farina, porridge, mush …

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  • 56cereal — [19] Cereal is a comparatively modern introduction of the Latin adjective cereālis ‘of grain’, which was derived from the name of Cerēs, the Roman goddess of agriculture (identified with Greek Demeter). It has, needless to say, no connection with …

    Word origins

  • 57grain mill — Structure for grinding cereal. Waterwheels were first exploited for such tasks. Geared mills turning grindstones (see gear) were used in the Roman Empire, but their fullest development occurred in medieval Europe, in, for example, the great grain …

    Universalium

  • 58cereal — ce·re·al || sɪərɪəl n. grain; food made from this grain …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 59grain belt — a region or area that produces cereal crops    The grain belt got very little rain this year. The land is dry …

    English idioms

  • 60grain — n 1. seed, kernel, groats, grist, ground grain, grits; cereal, wheat, buckwheat, barley, corn, maize, rye, oats, rice, millet. 2. particle, piece, bit, scrap, Scot. curn; speck, mite, moit, mote, dot, point, dab, fleck, speck, spot; smidgen, Inf …

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