yule — meaning in English

English meaning

• grain noun The edible seeds of cereal crops such as wheat, corn, rice, or barley, or the crops that produce them.
• Yuletide noun The Christmas season; the period of celebration around Christmas.

Senses

yule is used for these senses in English:

• Yuletide (dated, or Germanic Neo-Paganism) The period of celebration of a pre-Christian festival associated with the (northern) winter solstice, later absorbed into the festival of Christmas (but sometimes recreated by modern neo-pagans).
• grain (countable) A single seed of grass food crops.

grain — full definition

1. noun The edible seeds of cereal crops such as wheat, corn, rice, or barley, or the crops that produce them.
2. noun A single small hard particle, such as a grain of sand or salt.
3. noun The natural pattern of lines or texture in wood, stone, or other materials.
4. noun A very small unit of weight, historically based on the weight of a grain of wheat.

Yuletide — full definition

1. noun The Christmas season; the period of celebration around Christmas.
2. noun The pre-Christian midwinter festival that Christmas later absorbed, sometimes revived by modern pagans.

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