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grano — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • bead noun A small, often round piece of glass, wood, or plastic with a hole through it, used for jewellery or decoration.
  • 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.
  • money noun Coins and banknotes used to buy things.
  • wheat noun A cereal grass grown for its grain, used to make flour, bread, and pasta.

Senses

grano is used for these senses in English:

  • bead Each in a string of small balls making up the rosary or paternoster. [from 14thc.]
  • 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.
  • grain (uncountable) The harvested seeds of various grass food crops eg: wheat, corn, barley.
  • grain (countable) A single particle of a substance.
  • money Hard cash in the form of banknotes and coins, as opposed to cheques/checks, credit cards, or credit more generally.
  • wheat (countable) Any of several cereal grains, of the genus Triticum, that yields flour as used in bakery.

bead — full definition

  1. noun A small, often round piece of glass, wood, or plastic with a hole through it, used for jewellery or decoration.
  2. noun A small drop of liquid, such as sweat or condensation.
  3. noun One of the small balls on a rosary, used for counting prayers.

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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