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The definition of cereal is a grain, or a breakfast food made from roasted grains and usually eaten with milk.
(noun)- An example of a cereal is wheat.
- An example of a breakfast cereal is Cheerios.
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See cereal in Webster's New World College Dictionary
adjective
of grain or the grasses producing grain
Origin: < L Cerealis, of Ceres, goddess of agriculture < IE base *er-, *rē-, to grow: see create
noun
- any grain used for food, as wheat, oats, or rice
- any grass producing such grain
- ☆ food made from grain, esp. breakfast food, as oatmeal or cornflakes
See cereal in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- a. A grass such as wheat, oats, or corn, the starchy grains of which are used as food.b. The grain of such a grass.
- Any of several other plants or their edible seed or fruit, such as buckwheat or grain amaranth.
- A food prepared from any of these plants, especially a breakfast food made from commercially processed grain.
Consisting of or relating to grain or to a plant producing grain.
Origin:
Origin: From Latin cereālis, of grain
Origin: , from Cerēs, Ceres; see ker-2 in Indo-European roots
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