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polished rice

noun

  1. white rice polished or buffed by leather-covered cylinders during processing.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of polished rice1

First recorded in 1920–25

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Example Sentences

In the case of polished rice, when this outer coat is removed the grain has much less food value.

Polished rice has been robbed of its vital life-giving elements.

This polished rice is still further polished by the dealer, who has more perfect mills than the farmer.

To eat polished rice is like eating shavings instead of real, satisfying substance.

At one time, so much was said about the harmful effect of polished rice that a demand for unpolished rice was begun.

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