barley

a grain used as food and in making beer, ale, and whiskey

Not to be confused with:

barely – hardly; only just; almost not: She barely made it to work on time.; scantily: She’s barely clothed.; sparsely

bar·ley

(bär′lē)

1. A grass in the genus Hordeum native to temperate regions, having flowers in terminal, often long-awned spikes and widely cultivated for its grain.

2. The grain of H. vulgare or its varieties, used in malt production and as food for livestock and humans.

[Middle English barli, from Old English bærlic; see bhares- in Indo-European roots.]

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barley

(ˈbɑːlɪ)

1. (Plants) any of various erect annual temperate grasses of the genus Hordeum, esp H. vulgare, that have short leaves and dense bristly flower spikes and are widely cultivated for grain and forage

2. (Plants) the grain of any of these grasses, used in making beer and whisky and for soups, puddings, etc. See also pearl barley

[Old English bærlīc (adj); related to bere barley, Old Norse barr barley, Gothic barizeins of barley, Latin farīna flour]

barley

(ˈbɑːlɪ)

sentence substitute

(Games, other than specified) dialect a cry for truce or respite from the rules of a game

[C18: probably changed from parley]

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

bar•ley

(ˈbɑr li)

n.

1. a widely distributed cereal plant belonging to the genus Hordeum, of the grass family, having awned flowers that grow in tightly bunched spikes, with three small additional spikes at each node.

2. the grain of this plant, used as food and in making beer, ale, and whiskey.

[before 1000; Middle English; Old English bærlīc (adj.)]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun	1.	barley - a grain of barley barleycorn food grain, grain, cereal - foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses pearl barley - barley ground into small round pellets common barley, Hordeum vulgare - grass yielding grain used for breakfast food and animal feed and in malt beverages
	2.	barley - cultivated since prehistoric times; grown for forage and grain genus Hordeum, Hordeum - annual to perennial grasses of temperate northern hemisphere and South America: barley common barley, Hordeum vulgare - grass yielding grain used for breakfast food and animal feed and in malt beverages barley grass, Hordeum murinum, wall barley - European annual grass often found as a weed in waste ground especially along roadsides and hedgerows foxtail barley, Hordeum jubatum, squirreltail barley, squirreltail grass - barley grown for its highly ornamental flower heads with delicate long silky awns; North America and northeastern Asia Hordeum pusillum, little barley - annual barley native to western North America and widespread in southern United States and tropical America cereal, cereal grass - grass whose starchy grains are used as food: wheat; rice; rye; oats; maize; buckwheat; millet

Translations

بِالكاد، بِالجُهْد، بِشقِّ النَّفْسشَعِير

ječmen

byg

Gerste

κριθάρι

hordeo

cebada

oder

ohra

orge

ječam

árpa

bygg

orzo orzo perlato

大麦

보리

ledinukasmiežiai

mieži

orz

ječmen

korn

ข้าวบาร์เลย์

arpa

lúa mạch

大麦

barley

[ˈbɑːlɪ]

A. N → cebada f

B. CPD barley sugar N → azúcar m cande
barley water N (esp Brit) → hordiate m

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

barley

[ˈbɑː^rli] n → orge fbarley sugar n → sucre m d'orgebarley water n → sirop m d'orgeat

barley

n → Gerste f

barley

barleycorn

n → Gerstenkorn nt ? John

barley sugar

n → Gersten- or Malzzucker m; (sweet) hartes Zuckerbonbon

barley water

n Art Gerstenextrakt; lemon/orange barley → konzentriertes Zitronen-/Orangegetränk

barley wine

n (Brit) Art Starkbier

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

barley

[ˈbɑːlɪ] n → orzo

barley

(ˈbaːli) noun

a type of grain used for food and for making beer and whisky. The farmer has harvested his barley.

barley sugar

a kind of hard sweet made by melting and cooling sugar.

barley

→ شَعِير ječmen byg Gerste κριθάρι cebada ohra orge ječam orzo 大麦 보리 gerst bygg jęczmień cevada ячмень korn ข้าวบาร์เลย์ arpa lúa mạch 大麦

bar·ley

n. cebada.