Synonyms for grain
Definitions
- n. 1
The harvested seeds of various grass food crops, especially wheat, maize, rye, barley, and rice.
Near-synonym: corn (broad sense, maize and others)
- n. 2
Similar seeds from any food crop, e.g., buckwheat, amaranth, quinoa.
Near-synonym: corn (broad sense, maize and others)
Related words
- Word family
- grainish grainy granary granular granularity granulate granulation
- Phrases
- grain itch pollen grain grain corn grain alcohol neutral grain spirit grain elevator grain moon grain of truth
- Is a kind of
- food
Forms
- Plural
- grains → corns, cereals, barleys, seeds…
Example sentences
- corn Corn starch gives the white sauce its consistency.
- cereal There were several boxes of cereal in the pantry.
- barley Palestinians were exporting barley from the Negev.
- oats Starve it from straw so that it forgets the oats.
- texture The texture of these loquats is a little bit soft.
- particle The Higgs boson has been called the God particle.
By length
- 3 letters
- bit1, ace1, dye1, jot1
- 4 letters
- drop1, spot1, seed1, corn1, hint1, atom2, oats1, mite1, iota3
- 5 letters
- color2, trace1, humor2, fiber2, scrap1, pinch1, stain1, fibre2, speck1, crumb1, grist1, fleck1, grano2
- 6 letters
- nature2, branch1, colour2, shadow2, temper2, humour2, cereal3, kernel2, barley2, morsel2
- 7 letters
- crystal2, texture2, granule2
- 8 letters
- particle3
- 11 letters
- disposition4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (atom2 = 2 syllables).