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cereal

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ce·re·al  (sîr-l)
n.
1.
a. A grass such as wheat, oats, or corn, the starchy grains of which are used as food.
b. The grain of such a grass.
2. Any of several other plants or their edible seed or fruit, such as buckwheat or grain amaranth.
3. A food prepared from any of these plants, especially a breakfast food made from commercially processed grain.
adj.
Consisting of or relating to grain or to a plant producing grain.

[From Latin cerelis, of grain, from Cers, Ceres; see ker-2 in Indo-European roots.]

cereal [ˈsɪərɪəl]
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) any grass that produces an edible grain, such as oat, rye, wheat, rice, maize, sorghum, and millet
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) the grain produced by such a plant
3. (Cookery) any food made from this grain, esp breakfast food
4. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) (modifier) of or relating to any of these plants or their products cereal farming
[from Latin cereālis concerning agriculture, of Ceres1]

cereal  (sîr-l)
A grass, such as corn, rice, sorghum, or wheat, whose starchy grains are used as food. Cereals are annual plants, and cereal crops must be reseeded for each growing season. Cereal grasses were domesticated during the Neolithic Period and formed the basis of early agriculture.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.cerealcereal - grass whose starchy grains are used as food: wheat; rice; rye; oats; maize; buckwheat; millet
grass - narrow-leaved green herbage: grown as lawns; used as pasture for grazing animals; cut and dried as hay
oat - annual grass of Europe and North Africa; grains used as food and fodder (referred to primarily in the plural: `oats')
barley - cultivated since prehistoric times; grown for forage and grain
rice - annual or perennial rhizomatous marsh grasses; seed used for food; straw used for paper
rice grass, ricegrass - any grass of the genus Oryzopsis
bulrush millet, cattail millet, pearl millet, Pennisetum Americanum, Pennisetum glaucum - tall grass having cattail like spikes; grown in Africa and Asia for its grain and in the United States chiefly for forage; sometimes used in making beer
Secale cereale, rye - hardy annual cereal grass widely cultivated in northern Europe where its grain is the chief ingredient of black bread and in North America for forage and soil improvement
millet - any of various small-grained annual cereal and forage grasses of the genera Panicum, Echinochloa, Setaria, Sorghum, and Eleusine
grain - a cereal grass; "wheat is a grain that is grown in Kansas"
wheat - annual or biennial grass having erect flower spikes and light brown grains
corn, Indian corn, maize, Zea mays - tall annual cereal grass bearing kernels on large ears: widely cultivated in America in many varieties; the principal cereal in Mexico and Central and South America since pre-Columbian times
corn - (Great Britain) any of various cereal plants (especially the dominant crop of the region--wheat in Great Britain or oats in Scotland and Ireland)
wild rice, Zizania aquatica - perennial aquatic grass of North America bearing grain used for food
2.cerealcereal - foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses
food product, foodstuff - a substance that can be used or prepared for use as food
edible corn, corn - ears of corn that can be prepared and served for human food
grist - grain intended to be or that has been ground
groats - the hulled and crushed grain of various cereals
millet - small seed of any of various annual cereal grasses especially Setaria italica
barley, barleycorn - a grain of barley
buckwheat - grain ground into flour
wheat, wheat berry - grains of common wheat; sometimes cooked whole or cracked as cereal; usually ground into flour
oat - seed of the annual grass Avena sativa (spoken of primarily in the plural as `oats')
rice - grains used as food either unpolished or more often polished
Indian rice, wild rice - grains of aquatic grass of North America
malt - a cereal grain (usually barley) that is kiln-dried after having been germinated by soaking in water; used especially in brewing and distilling
3.cereal - a breakfast food prepared from grain
breakfast food - any food (especially cereal) usually served for breakfast
Pablum - a soft form of cereal for infants
hot cereal - a cereal that is served hot
cold cereal, dry cereal - a cereal that is not heated before serving
Adj.1.cereal - made of grain or relating to grain or the plants that produce it; "a cereal beverage"; "cereal grasses"

cereal see rice and other cereals
Translations
cereal [ˈsɪərɪəl]
A. ADJcereal
B. N (= crop) → cereal m; (= breakfast cereal) → cereales mpl

cereal [ˈsɪəriəl]
n
(= plant) → céréale f
(= breakfast food) → céréales fpl
I have cereal for breakfast → Je prends des céréales au petit déjeuner.
modif
[crop] → de céréales; [farmer] → de céréales
[packet] → de céréale, de céréales

cereal
n
(= crop)Getreide nt; cereal cropGetreideernte f; the growing of cerealsder Getreideanbau; maize, rye and other cerealsMais, Roggen und andere Getreidearten
(= food)Cornflakes pl/Müsli nt/Müesli nt (Sw) → etc

cereal [ˈsɪərɪəl] n (crop) → cereale m; (breakfast cereal) → cereali mpl
cereal [ˈsɪərɪəl] n (crop) → cereale m; (breakfast cereal) → cereali mpl

cereal
n cereal [ˈsiəriəl]
1 a kind of grain used as food Wheat and barley are cereals; (also adjective ) cereal crops. graan حُبوبُ القَمِح أو الشَّعير житно растение obilí kornsort; korn- die Getreidearten (pl.) δημητριακό cereal teravili بنشن viljakasvi céréale; céréalier דְגָנִים अन्न, अनाज का पौधा žitarica gabonanemű biji-bijian korn cereale 穀類 곡초 grūdai, javai labības augi; graudaugi; labības-; graudaugu- bijirin graan korn zboże cereal de cereale) хлебный злак obilie žitarica; žiten žitarice spannmål, brödsäd ธัญพืช tahıl, hububat 穀類 хлібні злаки غلہ ، اناج ngũ cốc
2 a type of breakfast food prepared from such grain. ontbytgraan, graankos طَعامُ فُطورٍ مِنَ الحُبوب: عَصيده зърнена закуска snídaně z obilovin morgenmadsprodukt das Müsli πρωινό με δημητριακά cereales (teravilja)helbed صبحانه ای که از حبوبات درست شده باشد aamiaismurot, aamupuuro céréales דַייסַת דְגָנִים अनाज žitne pahuljice reggeli étel makanan pagi terbuat dari biji-bijian kornmeti (kornflögur) cereali コーンフレーク (など) 곡물식 dribsniai, javainiai putra bijirin sarapan graanprodukt frokostblanding, kornblanding płatki na mleku cereal cereale изделия из дроблёного зерна raňajky z obilnín žitni kosmiči žitarice flingor, müsli อาหารเช้าที่ทำจากธัญพืช tahıl kahvaltısı 早餐吃的穀類食品 каша اناج یا دلیے کا ناشتہ đồ ăn từ ngũ cốc

cereal حبوب obilnina morgenmadsprodukt Getreide δημητριακά cereal viljakasvi céréale žitarica cereale 穀類 시리얼 cornflakes frokostblanding zboże cereal злак flingor อาหารเช้าที่ทำจากธัญพืช tahıl gevreği ngũ cốc 谷类食品


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We have also dried a large quantity of two varieties of cereal which grow wild a few miles south of us.
They were a real cereal fruit which I ripened, and they had to my senses a fragrance like that of other noble fruits, which I kept in as long as possible by wrapping them in cloths.
The country around the lake was well cultivated, for the Mormons are mostly farmers; while ranches and pens for domesticated animals, fields of wheat, corn, and other cereals, luxuriant prairies, hedges of wild rose, clumps of acacias and milk-wort, would have been seen six months later.
 
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