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- [seer-ee-uh l]
- /ˈsɪər i əl/
- /ˈsɪə.ri.əl/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [seer-ee-uh l]
- /ˈsɪər i əl/
Definitions of cereal word
- variable noun cereal Cereal or breakfast cereal is a food made from grain. It is mixed with milk and eaten for breakfast. 3
- countable noun cereal Cereals are plants such as wheat, corn, or rice that produce grain. 3
- noun cereal any grass that produces an edible grain, such as oat, rye, wheat, rice, maize, sorghum, and millet 3
- noun cereal the grain produced by such a plant 3
- noun cereal any food made from this grain, esp breakfast food 3
- noun cereal of or relating to any of these plants or their products 3
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Origin of cereal
First appearance:
before 1590 One of the 37% oldest English words
1590-1600; < Latin Cereālis of, pertaining to Ceres; see -al1
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Parts of speech for Cereal
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cereal popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 90% 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".
cereal usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for cereal
noun cereal
- wheat — the grain of any cereal grass of the genus Triticum, especially T. aestivum, used in the form of flour for making bread, cakes, etc., and for other culinary and nutritional purposes.
- grain — granularity
- corn — Corn is used to refer to crops such as wheat and barley. It can also be used to refer to the seeds from these plants.
- rice — Anne, born 1941, U.S. novelist.
- bran — Bran is the outer skin of grain that is left when the grain has been used to make flour.
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