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rice Definition

rice (rīs)

noun

  1. an aquatic cereal grass (esp. Oryza sativa) grown widely in warm climates, esp. in East Asia
  2. the starchy seeds or grains of this grass, used as food

Etymology: ME rys < OFr ris < It riso < L oryza < Gr oryza, oryzon: of Asian orig.; akin to Pashto vrižē, Sans vrīhiḥ, rice

transitive verb riced, ric·ing

to put (soft foods, as cooked potatoes) through a ricer

Rice Definition

Rice (rīs)

Rice, Elmer (born Elmer Reizenstein) 1892-1967; U.S. playwright

rice Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • boil: Then boil rice in water, enough to cover rice with.
  • cook: To cook plain rice & noodles see ' How to cook the Basics ' .

Adjective modifier

  • fried: To serve Suggestion 1: Serve with Fair Trade boiled rice or fried rice.
  • brown: Try using brown rice in all your rice based recipes for better health.
  • transgenic: The transgenic rice is designed to provide sustainable rice production under stress conditions.
  • saffron: Additional side dishes are available at extra cost but we found the accompanying puy lentils and kale and the saffron rice perfectly adequate.
  • glutinous: The hypothesis for the reduced severity of blast attack is fairly clear for the disease-susceptible glutinous rice.
  • sticky: References: Sticky rice is used to ward of vampires.

Modifies a noun

  • paddy: Further down the road we tried a patch of rice paddy where a group of water buffalo were grazing.
  • pudding: I'm going to turn them all into rice pudding!
  • noodle: Make extra pumpkin creme to top or toss through brown rice noodles or place a dollop on top of creamy hot breakfast grain.
  • genome: How will the rice genome sequence, recently announced, affect the food security of the poor?
  • vinegar: Season with salt, fresh ground black pepper, and more rice vinegar or lemon juice, to your taste.
  • bran: My mom chewed my food for me, used cloth diapers, and washed me with rice bran.

Noun used with modifier

  • pilau: So the restaurant biryani is often just pilau rice stir fried with chicken or lamb which has been cooked as an extra dry bhuna.
  • jasmine: Try it with one of the following; warm jasmine rice salad with shrimp and Thai herbs or pork chops with spicy citrus marinade.
  • sushi: In this version of sushi we use ordinary rice, as sushi rice is expensive.
  • arborio: By using arborio rice you create a classic risotto.
  • paddy: All of these factors were a great attraction to the Han Chinese who were good at cultivating paddy rice.
  • secretary: SECRETARY RICE: Well, I'm not able to go into numbers here.