padi — meaning in English

English meaning

• paddy noun A flooded field used for growing rice.
• rice noun A cereal grass grown widely in flooded paddies, or the starchy seeds it produces that are eaten as a staple food.

Senses

padi is used for these senses in English:

• paddy Rough or unhusked rice, either before it is milled or as a crop to be harvested. [from 17th c.]
• paddy (countable) A paddy field, a rice paddy; an irrigated or flooded field where rice is grown. [from 20th c.]

paddy — full definition

1. noun A flooded field used for growing rice.
2. noun Rice still in its husk, before milling.
3. noun Informal British/Irish English for a sudden fit of temper.

rice — full definition

1. noun A cereal grass grown widely in flooded paddies, or the starchy seeds it produces that are eaten as a staple food.
2. verb To press soft food such as potatoes through a ricer, breaking it into small rice-sized pieces.

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