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Cheerios

Cheerios

1 1.0
Small round pieces of oat cereal often eaten with milk
  • noun
  • /ˈtʃɪr.i.oʊz/
translation icon : aro de cereal
  • The kids love snacking on Cheerios between meals.

Examples

  • So the boys normally start out with some cold cereal like Cheerios or Rice Krispies.

  • She would line them up, little Cheerios along the edge of our coffee table and I would stand up, eat the Cheerio.

  • She said he can have three to five Cheerios as a snack.

  • Get out of here if you're using Cheerios to lower your cholesterol.

  • Put some Cheerios or Fruit Loops into the toilet bowl and ask them to aim at the Cheerios and that will really help with their aim.

  • They snapped, crackled and popped rice crispy treats and crunched Cheerios honey nuts.

  • For breakfast, I usually enjoy a bowl of Cheerios with milk.

  • During the picnic, we brought a bag of Cheerios for a quick snack.

Synonyms

cereal
vsCheerios
195 1.0

A food made from grains that you eat with milk for breakfast

is a specific small oat product shaped like rings and also eaten with milk
granola
vsCheerios
22 2.0

A crunchy breakfast mix of baked oats, nuts, and dried fruit

is single processed oat pieces rather than baked clusters with extras
Wheaties
vsCheerios
11 3.2

A breakfast cereal made from whole wheat flakes often with an athlete on the box

is an oat-based snack in ring form rather than whole wheat flakes
raisin bran
vsCheerios
2 1.0

A breakfast cereal of bran flakes mixed with raisins

is plain oat ring pieces without added fruit or bran flakes
cold cereal
vsCheerios
1 1.0

A breakfast food eaten without heating, usually served with milk

is the same ready to eat type but is made as small oat rings
cornflakes
vsCheerios
1.0

Thin, crisp pieces of corn eaten with milk for breakfast

is made from oats formed into small ring pieces rather than flat flakes

Surface Forms

Cheerios singular
Cheerios plural
Cheerio singular

Etymology

Cheerios mixes the word cheer ('happy') with the letter O for the cereal's round shape, so Cheerios are small, round 'O'-shaped pieces of oat cereal you eat with milk or as a snack.