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grain
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- pronunciation:
- greIn
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| definition 1: |
Grain is the seed of wheat, rice, corn, and certain other plants. Grain is used for food and is often made into flour to make things like bread.
Cereals that you eat for breakfast are made from grain.
- similar words:
- corn, oats, rice, seed, wheat
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| definition 2: |
Any kind of plant that has seeds that are used for food is called a grain. Some grains are rice, wheat, and corn.
Wheat is the grain that is most often used in bread, crackers, cakes, and cookies.
- synonyms:
- cereals
- similar words:
- grasses
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| definition 3: |
A grain is any tiny, hard piece of something.
There were still some grains of sand in my shoes when we came home from the beach.- synonyms:
- particle, speck
- similar words:
- crumb, kernel
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The grain is the pattern in wood, cloth, or other material.
By looking at the grain, Luis's father can tell which kind of wood the table is made of.- similar words:
- pattern, streaks, surface, texture
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broader category that includes grains |
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plant |
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some activities involving grains |
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cultivate, grind, plant, store |
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some containers for grains |
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sack |
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some examples of grains |
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corn, oat, rice, wheat |
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some people associated with grains |
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farmer |
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some things made from grains |
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alcohol, beer, cereal, feed, flour, food, granola, oatmeal, oil, soup |
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some things that eat grains |
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birds, human, insects, livestock, poultry |
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tools associated with grains |
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combine, scoop, screen |
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