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grain

 
 
pronunciation:
greIn
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part of speech: noun
definition 1: the small hard seeds of cereal plants such as wheat or rice. Grain is used for food and often ground into flour.
She fed the chickens their grain.
 
similar words:
barley, buckwheat, corn, oats, rice, rye, seed, wheat
definition 2: cereal plants, such as wheat, corn, rice and the like.
The farmer planted grain in the larger fields and vegetables in the smaller.Wheat is a popular grain in America.
 
synonyms:
cereals
similar words:
grasses
definition 3: any tiny, hard piece of something.
The ant carried away a grain of sugar.
synonyms:
particle, speck
similar words:
crumb, kernel, pellet
definition 4: the pattern made by fibers that runs through wood, cloth, or other material.
By looking at the grain, he can tell which kind of wood the table is made of.
similar words:
pattern, streaks, surface, texture
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some containers for grains
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units for measuring grains