rye
1a widely cultivated cereal grass, Secale cereale, having one-nerved glumes and two- or three-flowered spikelets.
the seeds or grain of this plant, used for making flour and whiskey, and as a livestock feed.
a straight whiskey distilled from a mash containing 51 percent or more rye grain.
Northeastern U.S. and Canada. a blended whiskey.
made with rye grain or flour: rye rolls.
Origin of rye
1Words Nearby rye
Other definitions for rye (2 of 3)
a male Romani; Rom.
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2Other definitions for Rye (3 of 3)
a city in SE New York, on Long Island Sound.
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How to use rye in a sentence
One such episode occurred in 2013, when a state-backed hacker sitting at his keyboard in Iran breached the computer controls at the Bowman Dam in suburban rye, New York, with a presumed plan to open the sluice gates.
America’s Drinking Water Is Surprisingly Easy to Poison | by Peter Elkind and Jack Gillum | March 17, 2021 | ProPublicaIn Stauning’s case, that applies to the cool, crisp Nordic water and the rye and barley.
In Finland, we associate rye with stamina and grit and that memory of the mornings you were a child in winter and your parents made you drink your rye porridge.
To that end, while distilling 100 percent rye is a “new world” idea, malting the grain is an age-old practice.
Owens is particularly fond of whole rye, which won’t affect texture too much.
How to help your dough rise to the occasion in winter | Becky Krystal | February 1, 2021 | Washington Post
From cognac to bourbon, rye to añejo tequila, many of our beloved spirits spend years aging in wooden casks.
The family lived on Park Avenue and in rye, New York, summered on Lake George and had servants in the home.
George Dickel rye starts with MGP whiskey but charcoal-filters it before bottling.
Your ‘Craft’ Rye Whiskey Is Probably From a Factory Distillery in Indiana | Eric Felten | July 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTTempleton rye, by contrast, has built its successful brand on being a product of Templeton, Iowa.
Your ‘Craft’ Rye Whiskey Is Probably From a Factory Distillery in Indiana | Eric Felten | July 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“I have purchased hundreds of barrels of rye and bourbon from them,” John Bernasconi admits when asked about the Indiana factory.
Your ‘Craft’ Rye Whiskey Is Probably From a Factory Distillery in Indiana | Eric Felten | July 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWheat gives place to rye about the same time, and the Potato, at first comparatively rare, becomes universal.
Glances at Europe | Horace Greeleyrye is now being harvested, and is quite heavy: in fact, all the crops promise abundant harvests.
Glances at Europe | Horace GreeleyLittle rye was sown, but that little is very good; Barley is suffering from the stormy weather, but is quite thrifty.
Glances at Europe | Horace GreeleyThey produced pumpernickel from one cupboard, and rye-bread and sausage from another, and all began to talk again and eat.
Three More John Silence Stories | Algernon BlackwoodTwo miles from Winchelsea is rye, another of the decayed seaports of the southeast coast.
British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car | Thomas D. Murphy
British Dictionary definitions for rye (1 of 3)
/ (raɪ) /
a tall hardy widely cultivated annual grass, Secale cereale, having soft bluish-green leaves, bristly flower spikes, and light brown grain: See also wild rye
the grain of this grass, used in making flour and whiskey, and as a livestock food
Also called: rye whiskey whiskey distilled from rye. US whiskey must by law contain not less than 51 per cent rye
US short for rye bread
Origin of rye
1British Dictionary definitions for rye (2 of 3)
/ (raɪ) /
dialect a gentleman
Origin of rye
2British Dictionary definitions for Rye (3 of 3)
/ (raɪ) /
a resort in SE England, in East Sussex: one of the Cinque Ports. Pop: 4195 (2001)
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