noun
Rye
noun
1
A hardy cereal grass grown for its grain, widely used to make bread, whiskey, and animal feed.
"The bakery sold a dense loaf of dark rye bread."
"He ordered a rye whiskey neat at the bar."
How to Use Rye
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA grain crop closely related to wheat and barley, valued for its hardiness in poor soil and cold climates, and famous for rye bread and rye whiskey.
Common pairings
rye bread
rye whiskey
a field of rye
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