Definition

1. Noun:
   • A cereal that is not heated before serving: A type of breakfast food made from processed grains, such as corn, wheat, or oats, that is ready to eat without being cooked or heated. It is typically served cold, often with milk, yogurt, or fruit.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • For a quick breakfast, I usually have a bowl of dry cereal with milk.
  • The children prefer colorful, sweet dry cereal over hot oatmeal.
  • This brand of dry cereal is fortified with vitamins and minerals.

Advanced Usage

• As a mass noun: "Dry cereal" is often used as an uncountable noun when referring to the food substance in general.
  • The pantry is stocked with dry cereal.
• As a countable noun: It can be used in a countable sense when referring to different types or brands.
  • There are many healthy dry cereals to choose from.

Variants and Related Words

• Breakfast cereal: A more general term that can include both dry (ready-to-eat) and hot (cooked) cereals.
• Cold cereal: A common synonym for "dry cereal," emphasizing it is served cold.
• Ready-to-eat cereal (RTE cereal): The formal industry term for dry cereal.

Synonyms

• Cold cereal
• Ready-to-eat cereal

Related Phrases

• A box of dry cereal: Refers to the typical packaging.
  • We need to buy another box of dry cereal.
• Dry cereal aisle: The section in a grocery store where these products are found.
  • You can find it in the dry cereal aisle.

Noun

1. a cereal that is not heated before serving