kellogg

Thân thiện

A child pours Kellogg's cereal into a bowl for breakfast.

Definition

1. Proper noun:
   • A surname: "Kellogg" is primarily a family name.
   • A specific historical figure: It refers to Will Keith Kellogg, an American industrialist and food manufacturer who co-invented corn flakes breakfast cereal and founded the Kellogg Company.

Usage Examples

• Proper noun:
  • Kellogg was a pioneer in the breakfast food industry. (This refers to the person, W.K. Kellogg.)
  • The Kellogg family donated the land for the park. (This uses "Kellogg" as a surname.)

Advanced Usage

• "Kellogg" as a metonym: The name is sometimes used to refer to the company or its products by association.
  • She only buys Kellogg for her family's breakfast. (This implies products from the Kellogg Company.)

Variants and Related Words

• Kellogg's (trademark/proper noun): The common trademark and consumer brand name for the Kellogg Company's products.
  • I ate a bowl of Kellogg's Frosted Flakes.

Synonyms

• Food industrialist: (when referring to W.K. Kellogg's profession).
• Cereal manufacturer: (when referring to his business).

Notes on Meaning

• The word "Kellogg" itself is a proper noun. Its primary dictionary meaning is as the surname of a notable historical figure. It is not a common noun for a type of food or object. The common association with breakfast cereal comes from the company named after him.

Học thuật

Noun

1. United States food manufacturer who (with his brother) developed a breakfast cereal of crisp flakes of rolled and toasted wheat and corn; he established a company to manufacture the cereal (1860-1951)

Từ đồng nghĩa

• Kellogg
• W. K. Kellogg
• Will Keith Kellog