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Word List: Grain
- grain, grains [ɡɹeɪn]
(noun) - Definition:
- the harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops e.g. wheat, corn, barley
- Example:
- We stored a thousand tons of grain for the winter.
- barley [ˈbɑ:li]
(uncountable noun) - Definition:
- a strong cereal of the genus Hordeum, or its grains, often used as food or to make malted drinks
- Example:
- Did you harvest any barley last year?
- maize [meɪz]
(uncountable noun) - Definition:
- the most widely grown crop in the Americas, a grass domesticated by indigenous peoples in Mesoamerica, also known as corn
- Example:
- Because of its shallow roots, maize is susceptible to droughts.
- Homophone(s):maze
- oats [əʊt]
(uncountable noun) - Definition:
- a species of cereal grain grown for its seed, which is known by the same name, makes up a large part of the diet of horses and is regularly fed to cattle as well
- Example:
- Oats are used in some brands of dog and chicken feed.
- rye [raɪ]
(uncountable noun) - Definition:
- a grass, closely related to barley and wheat, used for flour, rye bread, rye beer, some whiskies, some vodkas, and animal fodder
- Example:
- Rye is grown primarily in Eastern, Central and Northern Europe.
- hop [hɒp]
(uncountable noun) - Definition:
- a small genus of flowering plants native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere, from whose flowers beer or ale is brewed
- Example:
- Hop shoots grow very rapidly.
- wheat [wiːt]
(uncountable noun) - Definition:
- any of several cereal grains, of the genus Triticum, that yields flour as used in baking
- Example:
- Wheat grain is a staple food used to make flour for breads, biscuits, cookies, cakes, breakfast cereal, pasta, noodles, couscous and for fermentation to make beer, other alcoholic beverages or biofuel.
- cotton [ˈkɒt.ən]
(uncountable noun) - Definition:
- a plant that encases its seed in a thin fibre that is harvested and used as a fabric or cloth
- Example:
- Joan only wears cotton shirts.
Source: http://www.learning-english-online.net/areas/vocabulary/environment-and-nature/plants/grain/
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