grain

CEFRB2

/ɡɹeɪn/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A small hard seed from crops such as wheat or rice.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A single seed of grass food crops.

Examples

  • Russia sold 12 million tons of grain abroad last year.

  • Rye was called the grain of poverty.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
2

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. Similar seeds from any food crop, e.g., buckwheat, amaranth, quinoa.

  2. The harvested seeds of various grass food crops eg: wheat, corn, barley.

  3. A linear texture of a material or surface.

More examples

In context

  • The farmer longs for the day when the grain ripens.

  • We stored a thousand tons of grain for the winter.

  • a grain of wheat

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

From Middle English greyn, grayn, grein, from Old French grain, grein, from Latin grānum (“seed”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm (“grain”). Doublet of corn, gram, granum, and grao.