Grain

Meaning

wheat or any other cultivated cereal crop used as food; a single seed of a cereal

a small hard seed of a cereal plant such as wheat or rice; a tiny particle of a substance

Example Sentences

The farmer stored large quantities of grain in the barn after the harvest.

A grain of rice fell off the plate.

Example Expressions

go against the grain

Synonyms

cereal, seed, kernel, crop, particle, speck, granule

Entry 1

cereal, seed, kernel, crop

Entry 2

seed, kernel, particle, speck, granule

Antonyms

chaff, husk, waste, inedible part, chunk, mass

Entry 1

chaff, husk, waste, inedible part

Entry 2

chunk, mass

Collocations

grain storage, whole grain, grain harvest, grain of rice, grain of sand, cereal grain, wheat grain

Entry 1

grain storage, whole grain, grain harvest

Entry 2

grain of rice, grain of sand, cereal grain, wheat grain