Rice (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

noun
  1. the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
  2. the grass itself.
  3. a food that is chopped or otherwise processed to resemble rice (used in combination): cauliflower rice;sweet potato rice.
verb (used with object), riced, ric·ing.
  1. to reduce to a form resembling rice: to rice potatoes.
noun
  1. U.S. novelist.
  2. U.S. circus clown, circus owner, and Union patriot.
  3. U.S. playwright.
  4. U.S. football player.
  5. U.S. journalist.
noun
  1. an erect grass, Oryza sativa, that grows in East Asia on wet ground and has drooping flower spikes and yellow oblong edible grains that become white when polished
  2. the grain of this plant
verb
  1. to sieve (potatoes or other vegetables) to a coarse mashed consistency, esp with a ricer
noun
  1. Elmer, original name Elmer Reizenstein . 1892–1967, US dramatist. His plays include The Adding Machine (1923) and Street Scene (1929), which was made into a musical by Kurt Weill in 1947
n acronym for
  1. rest, ice, compression, elevation: the recommended procedure for controlling inflammation in injured limbs or joints
Rice (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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