飯 — meaning in English

English meaning

• food noun Any substance eaten or drunk to sustain life and provide energy.
• rice noun A cereal grass grown widely in flooded paddies, or the starchy seeds it produces that are eaten as a staple food.

Senses

飯 is used for these senses in English:

• food (uncountable) Any solid substance that can be consumed by living organisms, especially by eating, in order to sustain life.

food — full definition

1. noun Any substance eaten or drunk to sustain life and provide energy.
2. noun Anything that nourishes or feeds a particular interest or need (figurative).

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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