rice
Noun:
- A cereal plant: "rice" refers to a type of grass (genus Oryza) cultivated in warm climates for its edible starchy seeds.
- The grains/seeds of this plant used as food: "rice" also denotes the small, white or brown grains harvested from this plant, which are a staple food worldwide.
- A dish made from these cooked grains: "rice" can refer to the prepared food item, such as a serving of cooked grains.
Verb:
- To reduce to small particles resembling rice: "to rice" means to press or sieve cooked food (like potatoes) through a perforated utensil to produce fine, grain-like pieces.
Noun:
- The farmers grow rice in the flooded fields. (The farmers cultivate the cereal plant in the paddies.)
- We eat brown rice for its nutritional value. (We consume the whole grains for their health benefits.)
- She made a delicious chicken and rice. (She prepared a tasty dish containing chicken and the cooked grains.)
Verb:
- Please rice the potatoes for the gnocchi dough. (Please press the potatoes through a ricer to achieve a fine texture.)
"rice paper": a thin, edible paper made from the pith of an Asian tree, not directly from the rice plant, but often used in cooking.
- The spring rolls are wrapped in rice paper.
"rice wine": an alcoholic beverage made from fermented rice.
- Sake is a well-known Japanese rice wine.
Paddy (n): a flooded field where rice is grown.
- The water buffalo plodded through the paddy.
Ricer (n): a kitchen utensil used to press soft foods into fine strands.
- A potato ricer is essential for making smooth mashed potatoes.
- Grain: a general term for the small, hard seeds of food plants like wheat, corn, or rice.
- Staple: a main or principal food item, such as rice is in many diets.
(Note: "Rice" as a verb is highly specific and does not commonly form phrasal verbs. The following relates to the noun in common combinations.) - To live on rice and beans: to have a very basic, inexpensive diet. - As a student, he often had to live on rice and beans.
Separate the rice from the chaff: (a variation of "separate the wheat from the chaff") to distinguish valuable people or things from worthless ones.
- The rigorous interview process helps separate the rice from the chaff.
Like throwing rice at a wedding: describing an action that is traditional but of little practical use.
- Giving him advice is like throwing rice at a wedding; he never listens.
- United States playwright (1892-1967)
- English lyricist who frequently worked with Andrew Lloyd Webber (born in 1944)
- annual or perennial rhizomatous marsh grasses; seed used for food; straw used for paper
- grains used as food either unpolished or more often polished
- sieve so that it becomes the consistency of rice
- rice the potatoes