cereal — 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.
- grain noun The edible seeds of cereal crops such as wheat, corn, rice, or barley, or the crops that produce them.
Senses
cereal is used for these senses in English:
- breakfast cereal A food made from processed grains, such as maize, oats, wheat or rice, usually eaten for breakfast with milk and sometimes sugar.
- 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.
- grain (countable, uncountable) The crops from which grain is harvested.
cereal — full definition
- noun A grass grown and harvested for its edible grain, such as wheat, rice, or oats.
- noun A breakfast food made from processed grain, usually eaten with milk.
corn — full definition
- noun A tall cereal plant grown for its large yellow kernels, called maize outside North America.
- noun In British English, the main cereal grain grown in a particular region (such as wheat).
- noun A small, hard patch of thickened skin, usually on the foot, caused by friction.
- noun Something considered old-fashioned, sentimental, or cheesy, especially in entertainment.
- verb To preserve meat in a coarse salt brine.