cold cereal
Definition
Noun: A ready-to-eat breakfast food made from processed grains, typically served with cold milk and not requiring cooking before consumption.
Examples
- For a quick breakfast, I usually have cold cereal with almond milk.
- The supermarket aisle is filled with many different brands of cold cereal, from corn flakes to granola.
- Children often prefer sweetened cold cereal over oatmeal.
Advanced Usage
- As a mass noun: "Cold cereal" is often treated as an uncountable noun when referring to the food category in general.
- Is there any cold cereal left in the cupboard?
- As a countable noun: It can be countable when referring to specific types or servings.
- This store sells over fifty different cold cereals.
Variants and Related Words
- Breakfast cereal: A broader term that includes both cold (ready-to-eat) and hot (cooked) cereals like oatmeal.
- Dry cereal: A synonym emphasizing the state of the cereal before milk is added.
- Ready-to-eat cereal (RTE cereal): The formal term used in the food industry, synonymous with "cold cereal."
Synonyms
- Ready-to-eat cereal
- Dry cereal
Antonyms
- Hot cereal
- Cooked cereal (e.g., oatmeal, porridge, cream of wheat)
Noun
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a cereal that is not heated before serving
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