rice Definition
rice (rīs)
noun
- an aquatic cereal grass (esp. Oryza sativa) grown widely in warm climates, esp. in East Asia
- 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.
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