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i noun
1.
any plant of the grass family yielding an edible grain, as wheat, rye, oats, rice, or corn.
2.
the grain itself.
3.
some edible preparation of it, especially a breakfast food.
adjective
4.
of or pertaining to grain or the plants producing it.
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| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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World English Dictionary
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| —n | |
| 1. | any grass that produces an edible grain, such as oat, rye, wheat, rice, maize, sorghum, and millet |
| 2. | the grain produced by such a plant |
| 3. | any food made from this grain, esp breakfast food |
| 4. | (modifier) of or relating to any of these plants or their products: cereal farming |
| [C19: from Latin cereālis concerning agriculture, of | |
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Word Origin & History
cereal
1832, "grass yielding edible grain," originally an adj. (1818), from Fr. céréale, from L. Cerealis "of grain," originally "of Ceres," from Ceres, Roman goddess of agriculture, from PIE base *ker-, *kre- "to grow." The application to breakfast food is Amer.Eng. 1899.
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Science Dictionary
| cereal (sîr'ē-əl) Pronunciation Key
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. |
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Example sentences
Lower down, the more fertile hills are terraced and planted with cereal crops.
Or that she wanted more cereal by touching her fingertips together.
The secret, an unlikely ingredient, is cooked breakfast cereal.
Built on the spot from cereal boxes, tubes or anything else that's lying around.
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