rice

Speech parts

1. rice - Noun

2. rice - Adjective

3. rice - Verb

4. Rice - Proper noun

Meaning

A well-known cereal grass (Oryza sativa) and its seed. This plant is extensively cultivated in warm climates, and the grain forms a large portion of the food of the inhabitants. In America it grows chiefly on low, moist land, which can be overflowed.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

paddy grain cereal white rice Elmer Leopold Rice Sir Tim Rice cedar corn rye chard bran ceremony dust meal cream
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Antonyms

work

Hypernyms

grain cereal cereal grass food grain food produce

Hyponyms

paddy brown rice polished rice Oryza sativa white rice cultivated rice

Related terms

Price RICE table RICE chart RICE box

Phrases with the word

Yangzhou fried rice beaten rice Chinese fermented rice flattened rice basmati rice big-headed rice rat

Anagrams

eric Ceri cire icer CEIR

Examples

If your plan is for one year plant rice. If your plan is for ten years plant trees. If your plan is for one hundred years educate children. Confucius

Eating rice cakes is like chewing on a foam coffee cup, only less filling. Dave Barry

Foreigners are sending messages to the planets. We are sending rice and cereals to our dead fore-father through the Brahmins. It is a wise deed? Periyar E. V. Ramasamy

Cold tea and cold rice are tolerable; cold looks and cold words aren't. Japanese Proverb

Don't let an angry man wash dishes; don't let a hungry man guard rice. Cambodian Proverb

Once the rice is pudding, it's too late to reclaim the rice. Indonesian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

Ricciuti Ricco Riccobono rice and duck capital of the world rice and peas rice bag