Rice

Rice  (rs), Elmer Leopold 1892-1967.

American playwright noted for his expressionist plays, including The Adding Machine (1923) and Street Scene (1929).

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rice  (rs)

n.

1. A cereal grass (Oryza sativa) that is cultivated extensively in warm climates for its edible grain.

2. The starchy grain of this plant, used as a staple food throughout the world.

tr.v. riced, ric·ing, ric·es

To sieve (food) to the consistency of rice.

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[Middle English, from Old French ris, from Old Italian riso, from Latin oryza, from Greek oruza, of Indo-Iranian origin.]

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rice

Noun

the edible grain of an erect grass that grows on wet ground in warm climates

Verb

[ricing, riced]

US & Canad to sieve (potatoes or other vegetables) to a coarse mashed consistency [Greek orūza]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	rice - grains used as food either unpolished or more often polished starches - foodstuff rich in natural starch (especially potatoes, rice, bread) food grain, grain, cereal - foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses brown rice - unpolished rice retaining the yellowish-brown outer layer polished rice, white rice - having husk or outer brown layers removed paddy - rice in the husk either gathered or still in the field cultivated rice, Oryza sativa - yields the staple food of 50 percent of world's population
	2.	rice - annual or perennial rhizomatous marsh grasses; seed used for food; straw used for paper rice beer, sake, saki - Japanese alcoholic beverage made from fermented rice; usually served hot genus Oryza, Oryza - rice cultivated rice, Oryza sativa - yields the staple food of 50 percent of world's population cereal, cereal grass - grass whose starchy grains are used as food: wheat; rice; rye; oats; maize; buckwheat; millet
	3.	Rice - English lyricist who frequently worked with Andrew Lloyd Webber (born in 1944) Sir Tim Rice, Timothy Miles Bindon Rice
	4.	Rice - United States playwright (1892-1967) Elmer Leopold Rice, Elmer Reizenstein, Elmer Rice
Verb	1.	rice - sieve so that it becomes the consistency of rice; "rice the potatoes" cookery, cooking, preparation - the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife" sift, sieve, strain - separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements; "sift the flour"

Translations

rice [raɪs] n → arroz m

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rice [raɪs] n → riz m

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rice [raɪs] n → Reis m

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rice [raɪs] n → riso