Definition

Noun: 1. A snack bar made primarily from granola: A granola bar is a baked or pressed food item shaped into a bar. Its primary ingredient is granola, which is a mixture of rolled oats, nuts, honey or other sweeteners, and sometimes puffed rice, which is then baked until crisp. The mixture is bound together, often with a syrup or honey, and formed into a rectangular bar shape for convenient consumption as a snack.

Usage

• Granola bars are commonly eaten as a quick breakfast, a snack between meals, or as an energy source during physical activities like hiking.
• They are often marketed as a healthy alternative to candy bars, though their nutritional content can vary widely depending on ingredients like added sugars, chocolate chips, or dried fruit.

Examples

Advanced Usage

• The term can be used attributively (functioning like an adjective) to describe other items related to or resembling a granola bar.
  • The company has a new granola-bar product line aimed at children.
• It can be part of compound nouns specifying a type or flavor.
  • I prefer the chocolate chip granola bar over the peanut butter one.

Variants and Related Words

• Granola: (Noun) The primary ingredient, a breakfast cereal or snack food consisting of rolled oats, nuts, honey, and other ingredients that are baked until crisp.
• Cereal bar: (Noun) A broader category of snack bars that may contain granola, other cereals, or rice.
• Energy bar: (Noun) A dense, high-calorie bar designed to provide energy, often used by athletes; some energy bars are granola-based.

Synonyms

• Cereal bar
• Snack bar (in the context of a packaged, grain-based food)
• Oat bar (less common, but descriptive)

Antonyms

• Fresh fruit (as a contrasting type of snack)
• Candy bar (as a contrasting, typically less nutritious, type of packaged snack)

Related Phrases/Idioms

There are no specific idioms or phrasal verbs using "granola bar." It is a concrete noun referring to a specific food item.

Noun

1. cookie bar made of granola