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- [bahr-lee]
- /ˈbɑr li/
- /ˈbɑː.li/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [bahr-lee]
- /ˈbɑr li/
Definitions of barley word
- uncountable noun barley Barley is a grain that is used to make food, beer, and whisky. 3
- noun barley any of various erect annual temperate grasses of the genus Hordeum, esp H. vulgare, that have short leaves and dense bristly flower spikes and are widely cultivated for grain and forage 3
- noun barley the grain of any of these grasses, used in making beer and whisky and for soups, puddings, etc 3
- sentence substitute barley a cry for truce or respite from the rules of a game 3
- noun barley a cereal grass (Hordeum vulgare and related species) with dense, bearded spikes of flowers, each made up of three single-seeded spikelets 3
- noun barley its grain, used in making malt, soups, etc. 3
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Origin of barley
First appearance:
before 1000 One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; Middle English; Old English bærlīc (adj.), equivalent to bær- (variant of bere barley; akin to Old Norse barr barley, Gothic barizeins made of barley, Serbo-Croatian brȁšno flour, Latin far emmer; all < European Indo-European *bHaer- spike, prickle, perhaps akin to beard) + -līc -ly
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Parts of speech for Barley
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
barley popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 94% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
barley usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for barley
noun barley
- fodder — coarse food for livestock, composed of entire plants, including leaves, stalks, and grain, of such forages as corn and sorghum.
- forage — food for horses or cattle; fodder; provender.
- hay — John Milton, 1838–1905, U.S. statesman and author.
- grain — granularity
- meal — a coarse, unsifted powder ground from the edible seeds of any grain: wheat meal; cornmeal.
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