Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Husked, unpolished: Describes rice that has had its outer husk removed but retains its bran layer, making it brown in color and more nutritious than white rice.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Gạo lứt tốt cho sức khỏe hơn gạo trắng. (Husked rice is better for health than white rice.)
  • Cô ấy thường mua gạo lứt để nấu cơm. (She often buys unpolished rice to cook.)

Advanced Usage

• The word "lứt" is almost exclusively used in the compound noun "gạo lứt". It is rarely, if ever, used as a standalone adjective to modify other nouns. Its meaning is inherently tied to the processing state of rice.

Variants and Related Words

• Gạo lứt (noun phrase): Husked rice, brown rice, unpolished rice. This is the primary and standard term.
• Gạo xay lứt: Another term emphasizing the milling process.
• Gạo lức (Southern Vietnamese variant): An alternative spelling for "gạo lứt".

Synonyms

• Gạo lật: A less common synonym.
• Gạo nâu (literal translation): Brown rice. This is a descriptive term rather than a direct synonym.

Notes on Meaning

• The core meaning of "lứt" refers specifically to the state of rice after the initial husking process, where the nutritious bran and germ layers are retained. It does not apply to other grains or contexts.
• In the provided Vietnamese-French reference ("xem gạo lứt"), it functions as a cross-reference, indicating that the headword "lứt" is defined by looking at the entry for the compound "gạo lứt". This confirms its dependent usage.

1. Husked (nói về gạo)
   • gạo lứt
     Husked rice