rice
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1.0
- noun
- /raɪs/
:
arroz
- To make sushi, be sure to use short-grain rice for the best texture.
- grow rice
- rice paddy
- basmati rice
I eat my burritos with rice, beans and cheese.
- I eat my burritos with rice, beans and cheese.
- The most common being wheat, rice, oats, corn, and teff.
- I was going to get dirty rice and beans.
- And no matter what they what they tried, rice was not growing right.
- They then use that to extract red yeast rice extract from that.
- It's got black cumin in it, Jasmine rice, red lentils, yellow lentils.
- So that's like bread, pasta, rice, potatoes, and sweet foods.
Examples
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A bowl of rice.
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Yuki went to the sink and washed first the rice and then the greens.
Fiction book (1991) -
So the food is out, the rice is inside the chicken.
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I remember the story my mother told me about how the rice fields saved our lives.
Fiction book (1991) -
And when you mix that with rice, it's a complete protein.
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I had a chicken bowl with rice, beans and potatoes.
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So this is what the beef looks like and the rice and the veggies.
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I eat my burritos with rice, beans and cheese.
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Another time, I watched Madame Charles cooking rice in an iron pot set on three stones.
Academic text (1990) -
I'm very partiaI to rice pudding, sir.
Synonyms
A type of rice grown as a main food for many people
Idioms
- Informal
A short phrase people say to show surprise or frustration instead of using a religious name
Compounds
12
1.2
A type of rice with its brown outer layer left on and a nuttier, chewier taste and more fiber
3
1.0
A dish of rice cooked with pieces of chicken and mild seasonings, served warm
2
3.9
A thin, delicate sheet made from the inside of a plant used for writing, painting, or wrapping
A dish of cooked rice quickly fried with egg, green onions and meat or shrimp
A grass that animals eat in dry high places and plains of western North America and northern Mexico
- Specialized
A long-lived grass like wild rice that grows in North America and is eaten by animals
- US
A small wild animal like a mouse that lives in marsh grass and eats plants and insects
A small plant from northwestern North America with green and purple bell-shaped flowers
How Processed
Surface Forms
Etymology
Rice for the grain comes from old Asian words such as vrīhí that meant 'rice', and the name travelled west with the grain on trade routes. That's why the English word rice still names the staple plant and its small edible seeds.