cereal
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- noun
- /ˈsɪr.i.əl/
- Specialized
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cereal
- Drought sharply reduces cereal production and thus poses an immediate threat to food security.
- cereal production
- cereal crop
- cereal grains
You start off with cereal grain and so cereal grains are going to be your rye.
- You start off with cereal grain and so cereal grains are going to be your rye.
- But we have cereals, things that make bread, things that make the staff of life, as it's been called, right?
Examples
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Families received 12.5 kg per person of cereal food aid monthly, up to 62.5 kg per family each month.
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This is the area where I'm growing a lot of cereal crops.
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I forgot my wheat cereal.
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There are three major cereal crop on the earth, wheat, rice and corn.
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However, progress is being made in the production of transgenic cereals for developing countries.
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Currently, production of cereal crops by rainfed methods accounts for more than 70 percent of all cropland.
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In parts of Asia, declining prices for cereals are causing farmers to invest more in higher-value cash crops.
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For breakfast, I enjoy a bowl of cereal topped with fresh fruit.
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Farmers in the region grow various types of cereal crops like wheat and rice.
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Many people consider oats to be a healthy choice of cereal for a nutritious breakfast.
Synonyms
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An edible seed from plants like wheat or rice used as food
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A small dry seed from plants like wheat or rice that people eat
A grass plant grown for food grains like wheat or rice
Idioms
- Offensive
To spoil someone's good mood or stop them enjoying something
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
Cereal comes from the Roman goddess Ceres and the Latin word cerealis, which meant 'of grain' because she looked after crops. So cereal can mean a grass grown for its edible grains, like wheat or rice.