 cereal |
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| 1. | [ noun ] (food) cereal grain suitable as food for human beings | |
| Synonyms: | grain food_grain | |
| Related terms: | foodstuff rice barley corn wheat millet groats oat malt wild_rice buckwheat grist | |
| 2. | [ noun ] (botany) grass whose starchy grains are used as food: wheat; rice; rye; oats; maize; buckwheat; millet | |
| Synonyms: | cereal_grass | |
| Related terms: | grass rice corn wheat oat millet wild_rice ricegrass rye pearl_millet barley | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] made of grain or relating to grain or the plants that produce it | |
| Examples: | "a cereal beverage" "cereal grasses" |
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| Related terms: | grain | |
| 4. | [ noun ] (chemistry,food) a breakfast food prepared from grain | |
| Related terms: | breakfast_food cold_cereal hot_cereal Pablum | |
| Similar spelling: |
Cearley |
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