grains
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/ɡɹeɪnz/
English
Definitions
noun
- Pigeons' dung used in tanning. See grainer.
noun
- The harvested seeds of various grass food crops eg: wheat, corn, barley.“We stored a thousand tons of grain for the winter.”
- Similar seeds from any food crop, e.g., buckwheat, amaranth, quinoa.
- A single seed of grass food crops.“a grain of wheat”
- The crops from which grain is harvested.“The fields were planted with grain.”
verb
- To feed grain to.
- To make granular; to form into grains.
- To form grains, or to assume a granular form, as the result of crystallization; to granulate.
- To texture a surface in imitation of the grain of a substance such as wood.
noun
- A branch of a tree; a stalk or stem of a plant.
- A tine, prong, or fork.
- (founding) A thin piece of metal, used in a mould to steady a core.
Related words
Synonyms
cerealgranulatecaryopsisingrainfood grainmetric grainbeadscrackersbeanscorncornflakeswheatcheerioswheatiesoatsseed