cereal

Examples

• All

• A diet rich in cereal grains can promote better health.

• The farmer explained how cereal plants grow from seeds to full maturity.

• Look at how cereal it looks.

• I'm being super duper cereal like bran flakes, getting us to watch a safety video.

Idioms

S

to shit in someone's cereal

• Offensive

9.9

To spoil someone's good mood or stop them enjoying something

Compounds

C

cereal box

11 1.0

A cardboard box that holds breakfast cereal

C

cereal bowl

2 1.0

A bowl used for eating breakfast cereal

C

cold cereal

1 1.0

A breakfast food eaten without heating, usually served with milk

D

dry cereal

1 1.0

A breakfast food like flakes or puffs you eat with milk without cooking

H

hot cereal

• US

1 1.7

A warm breakfast made from grains like oatmeal or porridge

C

cereal grass

• Specialized

3.4

A grass plant grown for food grains like wheat or rice

C

cereal oat

• Specialized

2.5

A grass grown for grain that people and animals eat

Surface Forms

Etymology