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Getreide — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • cereal noun A grass grown and harvested for its edible grain, such as wheat, rice, or oats.
  • corn noun A tall cereal plant grown for its large yellow kernels, called maize outside North America.
  • crop noun A plant grown and harvested for food, feed, or other economic use.
  • grain noun The edible seeds of cereal crops such as wheat, corn, rice, or barley, or the crops that produce them.

Senses

Getreide is used for these senses in English:

  • cereal (countable) A type of grass (such as wheat, rice or oats) cultivated for its edible grains.
  • cereal (uncountable) The grains of such a grass.
  • 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.
  • crop (agriculture) A plant, grown for it, or its fruits or seeds, to be harvested as food, livestock fodder, or fuel or for any other economic purpose.
  • grain (uncountable) The harvested seeds of various grass food crops eg: wheat, corn, barley.
  • grain (countable, uncountable) The crops from which grain is harvested.

cereal — full definition

  1. noun A grass grown and harvested for its edible grain, such as wheat, rice, or oats.
  2. noun A breakfast food made from processed grain, usually eaten with milk.

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.

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