Definition of
cereal has definitions from the fields of chemistry,food,botany
1
[ noun ] (food) cereal grain suitable as food for human beings

Synonyms

grain food_grain

Related terms

foodstuff rice barley corn wheat millet groats oat malt wild_rice buckwheat grist

2
[ noun ] (botany) grass whose starchy grains are used as food: wheat; rice; rye; oats; maize; buckwheat; millet

Synonyms

cereal_grass

Related terms

grass rice corn wheat oat millet wild_rice ricegrass rye pearl_millet barley

3
[ adjective ] made of grain or relating to grain or the plants that produce it

Examples

"a cereal beverage" "cereal grasses"

Related terms

grain

4
[ noun ] (chemistry,food) a breakfast food prepared from grain

Related terms

breakfast_food cold_cereal hot_cereal Pablum

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Rhymes with

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Phonetic and Homophones

S IH1 R IY0 AH0 L serial

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Cearley

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