noun / adjective
cereal
SEER-ee-uhl/ˈsɪriəl/
Grain from grasses cultivated for food.
The bowl holds golden cereal flakes in milk, with a spoon resting inside.
Etymology
Cereal originally meant “of Ceres,” the goddess of agriculture, and then “of grain.” The noun moved from grain-producing grasses to the processed grain food eaten at breakfast.
In context
a cold breakfast cereal and after a couple years of work Engineers come up with a product that will eventually become known as Wheaties
More examples
- Wheat is a widely grown cereal crop.
- The farmer rotates several different cereals.
- The mill processes cereal grains into flour.
Forms
cereal · cereals