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noun

rice

RYSS/raɪs/

A staple cereal grain and the plant that produces it.

The cooked rice fills a bowl beside a pile of dry grains.

A simple ceramic bowl of cooked white rice beside a small pile of uncooked rice grains, making the recognizable edible grains the sole subject.
Etymology

Greek oryza already named the food grain. Rice preserves that concrete meaning, and the same Greek term lies behind many other European names for it.

In context

Gordon Ramsay7:52
rinse off the dust and the starch cold water always and just rinse the rice that stops the rice from becoming clumpy
50 Cooking Tips With Gordon Ramsay | Part One

More examples

  • Farmers grow rice in flooded fields.
  • Brown rice has a slightly nutty flavor.
  • She serves grilled fish over rice.

Similar words

grain
Grain includes wheat and corn, not just rice.
cereal
Cereal covers many edible grains and can also mean breakfast food.