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Grain

/ɡɹeɪn/

The harvested seeds of various grass food crops eg: wheat, corn, barley.

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📖 Definitions of "Grain"

noun

1
The harvested seeds of various grass food crops eg: wheat, corn, barley.
"We stored a thousand tons of grain for the winter."
2
Similar seeds from any food crop, e.g., buckwheat, amaranth, quinoa.
3
A single seed of grass food crops.
"a grain of wheat"
4
The crops from which grain is harvested.
"The fields were planted with grain."

verb

1
To feed grain to.
2
To make granular; to form into grains.
3
To form grains, or to assume a granular form, as the result of crystallization; to granulate.
4
To texture a surface in imitation of the grain of a substance such as wood.

🔄 Synonyms of "Grain"

6 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
ingrainnoun	(transitive, figuratively) To make (something) deeply part of something else.
caryopsisnoun	(botany) A type of fruit in which the fruit skin is stuck to the seed coat; especially the grain of a cereal.
granulateverb	(transitive) To segment into tiny grains or particles.
food grainnoun	foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses
metric grainnoun	used for pearls or diamonds: 50 mg or 1/4 carat
cerealnoun	(uncountable) Breakfast cereal.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Grain"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
cerealnoun	(uncountable) Breakfast cereal.
granulateverb	(transitive) To segment into tiny grains or particles.
caryopsisnoun	(botany) A type of fruit in which the fruit skin is stuck to the seed coat; especially the grain of a cereal.
ingrainnoun	An ingrain fabric, such as a carpet.
food grainnoun	foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses
metric grainnoun	used for pearls or diamonds: 50 mg or 1/4 carat
cornnoun	(Commonwealth, but not Australia or New Zealand, uncountable) Any cereal plant (or its grain) that is the main crop or staple of a country or region.
maizenoun	Corn; a type of grain of the species Zea mays.
barleynoun	A cereal of the species Hordeum vulgare, or its grains, often used as food or to make beer and other malted drinks.
semolinanoun	Such grains, usually from durum wheat, used in the preparation of pasta, couscous and various sweet dishes.
wheatnoun	(countable) Any of several cereal grains, of the genus Triticum, that yields flour as used in bakery.
oatmealnoun	A breakfast cereal made from rolled oats, cooked in milk and/or water.
doughnoun	A thick, malleable substance made by mixing flour with other ingredients such as water, eggs, or butter, that is made into a particular form and then baked.
ricenoun	(uncountable) The seeds of this plant used as food.
milletnoun	Any of a group of various types of grass or its grains used as food, widely cultivated in the developing world.
oatnoun	(usually as plural) The seeds of the oat, a grain, harvested as a food crop and for animal feed.
canolanoun	Rapeseed oil; canola oil.
cropnoun	(agriculture) A plant, grown for it, or its fruits or seeds, to be harvested as food, livestock fodder, or fuel or for any other economic purpose.
chaffnoun	The inedible parts of a grain-producing plant.
distillerynoun	A place where distillation takes place, especially the distillation of alcoholic spirits.