rice Hear it!

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, ricing 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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Comments
Improve this definition.
Do you have more to add? Share your linguistic knowledge or observation.
/Register to save your comments.