rice
noun /raɪs/
/raɪs/
[uncountable]- short, narrow white or brown grain grown on wet land in hot countries as food; the plant that produces this grain
enlarge image- a grain of rice
- boiled/steamed/fried rice
- long-/short-grain rice
- sticky/basmati/wild rice
- brown rice (= without its outer layer removed)
- rice paddies (= rice fields)
- a spicy rice dish
- rice flour/noodles/cakes
- There is no need to keep the rice field flooded.
- The dish is served with rice.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- brown
- red
- white
- …
- grain
- bag
- sack
- …
- cultivate
- grow
- produce
- …
- crop
- production
- farmer
- …
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old French ris, from Italian riso, from Greek oruza.
