BARLEY Synonyms
There are 4 hypernyms of the word barley. (close relations)
Definition of BARLEY
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| grain | nounn | |||||||
noun • a relatively small granular particle of a substance • foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses • the side of leather from which the hair has been removed • a weight unit used for pearls or diamonds: 50 mg or 1/4 carat • 1/60 dram; equals an avoirdupois grain or 64.799 milligrams • 1/7000 pound; equals a troy grain or 64.799 milligrams • dry seed-like fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn • a cereal grass • the smallest possible unit of anything • the direction, texture, or pattern of fibers found in wood or leather or stone or in a woven fabric • the physical composition of something (especially with respect to the size and shape of the small constituents of a substance) verb • thoroughly work in • paint (a surface) to make it look like stone or wood • form into grains • become granular | ||||||||
| oat | nounn | |||||||
noun • annual grass of Europe and North Africa; grains used as food and fodder (referred to primarily in the plural: `oats') • seed of the annual grass Avena sativa (spoken of primarily in the plural as `oats') | ||||||||
| rye | nounn | |||||||
noun • the seed of the cereal grass • hardy annual cereal grass widely cultivated in northern Europe where its grain is the chief ingredient of black bread and in North America for forage and soil improvement • whiskey distilled from rye or rye and malt | ||||||||
| wheat | nounn | |||||||
noun • annual or biennial grass having erect flower spikes and light brown grains • grains of common wheat; sometimes cooked whole or cracked as cereal; usually ground into flour • a variable yellow tint; dull yellow, often diluted with white | ||||||||
| cereals | nounn | |||||||
adjective • made of grain or relating to grain or the plants that produce it noun • grass whose starchy grains are used as food: wheat; rice; rye; oats; maize; buckwheat; millet • foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses • a breakfast food prepared from grain | ||||||||
| barleycorn | nounn | |||||||
noun • a grain of barley • a grain of barley | ||||||||
