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gra — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • corn noun A tall cereal plant grown for its large yellow kernels, called maize outside North America.
  • grain noun The edible seeds of cereal crops such as wheat, corn, rice, or barley, or the crops that produce them.
  • grit noun Small, hard particles such as sand, dirt, or grime.
  • nugget noun A small rounded lump, especially of gold or other precious metal found in its natural state.

Senses

gra is used for these senses in English:

  • corn (Commonwealth, but not Australia or New Zealand, uncountable) Any cereal plant (or its grain) that is the main crop or staple of a country or region.
  • corn A small, hard particle.
  • grit A measure of the size of abrasive grains, such as those on sandpaper, and thus their relative coarseness or fineness; the smaller the number, the coarser the abrasive: thus, 60 is rough, 600 is fine, and 3000 is ultrafine.
  • nugget (countable) A small, compact chunk or clump.

corn — full definition

  1. noun A tall cereal plant grown for its large yellow kernels, called maize outside North America.
  2. noun In British English, the main cereal grain grown in a particular region (such as wheat).
  3. noun A small, hard patch of thickened skin, usually on the foot, caused by friction.
  4. noun Something considered old-fashioned, sentimental, or cheesy, especially in entertainment.
  5. verb To preserve meat in a coarse salt brine.

grain — full definition

  1. noun The edible seeds of cereal crops such as wheat, corn, rice, or barley, or the crops that produce them.
  2. noun A single small hard particle, such as a grain of sand or salt.
  3. noun The natural pattern of lines or texture in wood, stone, or other materials.
  4. noun A very small unit of weight, historically based on the weight of a grain of wheat.

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