cereal

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cereal

A child pours cereal into a bowl at the breakfast table.

Definition

  1. Noun:

    • A type of grass cultivated for its edible grains: A plant belonging to the grass family (Poaceae) that produces starchy seeds or grains used as food. Examples include wheat, rice, maize (corn), oats, barley, rye, and millet.
    • A food prepared from these grains, especially for breakfast: A processed food product, often ready-to-eat, made from roasted, flaked, or otherwise prepared cereal grains, typically eaten with milk.

  2. Adjective:

    • Made from or relating to edible grains or the plants that produce them: Describing something that is composed of or connected to cereal grains.
Usage Examples
  • Noun (Plant/Grain):
    • Wheat is a major cereal grown in many countries.
    • Farmers rotate crops like corn and cereal rye to improve soil health.
  • Noun (Breakfast Food):
    • She eats a bowl of cereal with fruit every morning.
    • This cereal is made from whole grain oats.
  • Adjective:
    • The study focused on cereal crops and their yields.
    • A cereal beverage like beer is made from fermented grains.
Advanced Usage
  • "Cereal grain": Refers specifically to the harvested seed of a cereal grass.
    • The staple diet in the region is based on cereal grains such as rice and millet.
  • "Cereal box": The packaging for a breakfast cereal product.
    • The children were excited by the toy inside the cereal box.
Variants and Related Words
  • Cerealaceous (adj, technical): Belonging to or characteristic of the grass family (Poaceae).
  • Cerealist (n, rare): A person who studies or is an expert in cereal crops.
Synonyms
  • Grain: The seed of a cereal grass.
  • Breakfast cereal: Specifically for the prepared food product.
  • Corn (UK usage): Can refer to cereal grains, especially wheat.
Related Phrases
  • Cereal crop: A plant grown commercially for its edible grain.
    • Rice is the primary cereal crop in Southeast Asia.
  • Whole-grain cereal: A cereal product that uses the entire grain kernel.
    • Nutritionists often recommend choosing a whole-grain cereal.
Related Idioms
cereal

A child pours cereal into a bowl at the breakfast table.

Adjective
  1. made of grain or relating to grain or the plants that produce it
    • a cereal beverage
    • cereal grasses
Noun
  1. a breakfast food prepared from grain
  2. foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses
  3. grass whose starchy grains are used as food: wheat; rice; rye; oats; maize; buckwheat; millet

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