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rye

rye

35 3.4
A hardy grass grown for grain used for bread and animal food
  • noun
  • /raɪ/
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  • Oats, buckwheat, and rye also filled demanding agronomic niches in the old days.
  • wheat and rye
  • barley and rye
  • oats and rye

Different kinds of grain, rye, corn, buckwheat.

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Examples

  • The taste of warm lamb and fresh rye in my mouth rekindles old desires.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • Besides the smoking hot trout, there was sour rye bread, cheese, and applesauce.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • "Would you like a sandwich?" Sarah started to open a package of rye bread.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • Some covers, like winter rye and wheat, can even be used for grazing.

    Academic text (2006)
  • But people eat seven-grain bread with wheat and rye in it every day.

    Academic text (2004)
  • We were drinking beer, nibbling on pieces of rye bread fried in fat and rubbed with garlic.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • The man's whole life, in the end, comes down to a hot pastrami on rye with a little mustard.

    Fiction book (1997)
  • Hence, a Jewish-style rye bread is infinitely superior to all other kinds.

    Academic text (2001)
  • Gluten is found in certain grains, particularly wheat, rye, and barley.

  • The farmer harvested the rye to make bread and feed his animals.

Synonyms

Secale cereale
vsrye
  • Specialized
1 8.2

A hardy grain plant grown to make bread and whiskey

is the common English name for the same cereal grass

Compounds

4 2.2

Bread made with rye flour that is darker and denser than wheat bread

2 3.5

An alcoholic drink made mainly from rye grain

rye grass
  • Specialized
1 3.4

A grass often grown for lawns or animal feed

1 2.8

A powder from ground rye grain used for baking bread

A tall rough grass from North America with spiky flower heads that grows in open grassland

French rye
  • Specialized
9.8

A rough grass from Europe and Asia that grows by roads and in meadows and is used to feed animals

A fast-growing grass grown for hay, lawns, and to improve soil

A dark, dense bread made from rye flour often flavored with caraway seeds

A dark bread made from rye flour with a tangy taste and caraway seeds

4.2

A clear strong alcoholic drink made mainly from rye grains

rye ergot
  • Specialized
9.4

A hard dark clump of fungus on rye and other grain that can be poisonous if eaten

A moist rye bread flavored with orange peel and molasses

A moist rye bread that has molasses, spices, and orange flavour from Sweden

6.2

A long grass that grows naturally in fields and helps hold soil and feed animals

Surface Forms

rye singular
ryes plural

Etymology

The word rye comes from an old German word ryge that meant 'rye', the grain used for bread and animal feed. So the name simply stuck to the tough cereal plant we still grow for food today.