puffed rice
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- noun
- /pʌft raɪs/
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arroz inflado
- I enjoyed a crunchy snack of puffed rice mixed with nuts and dried fruits.
- puffed rice cereal
- a cup of puffed rice
Examples
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*Trail mix (I make my own with puffed rice cereal, dried fruit, nuts, and pumpkin or sunflower seeds; sometimes I throw in chocolate chips for an extra treat.)
Blog text (1) -
- Dillon's got that puffed rice...
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I also never leave on a trip without my breakfast of champions -- puffed rice, raisins, and powdered milk.
Blog text (6) -
They're studded with puffed rice in the rice-growing west, while lentils or wheat-based crackers prevail in the south.
Blog text (12) -
A cup of puffed rice is 70 calories; one-third cup of raisins is 130 calories, and half a cup of skim milk is 40 calories.
Blog text (6) -
For breakfast, she poured milk over her bowl of puffed rice and sprinkled some sugar on top.
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The recipe called for puffed rice to add a light texture to the savory dish.
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Morphology
The phrase is compositionally built: 'puffed' describes something expanded or filled with air and 'rice' is the noun, so a learner who knows both words can infer rice grains that have been expanded/aerated (e.g., by heating). This adjective+noun food name follows a common, cross-linguistic naming pattern and is therefore immediately comprehensible to a B1 learner.
Etymology
Puffed rice comes from how whole rice grains are heated until they suddenly grow bigger and become light and crispy, so the rice looks 'puffed'. That's why the name means rice that has been expanded and is used for snacks and cereal.