cereal

CEFRA2

/ˈsɪə.ɹɪ.əl/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A breakfast food made from grains, often eaten with milk.

  2. 02

    noun

    A grass that produces grains used as food.

Examples

  • I have a bowl of cereal every morning.

  • What the hell? That guy got his license from a cereal box!

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
4
Synonyms
1

Also pronounced

  • [ˈsiːɹiəl]

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Breakfast cereal.

  2. The grains of such a grass.

  3. A type of grass (such as wheat, rice or oats) cultivated for its edible grains.

More examples

In context

  • Which cereal would you like for breakfast?

  • What's your favorite cereal?

  • Would you like some cereal?

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

Borrowed from French céréale (“having to do with cereal”), from Latin Cerealis (“of or relating to Ceres”), from Ceres (“Roman goddess of agriculture”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱer- (“grow”), from which also Latin sincerus (English sincere) and Latin crēscō (“grow”) (English crescent). The adjective is equivalent to Cere(s) + -al.