rye
noun /raɪ/
/raɪ/
[uncountable]- enlarge imagea plant that looks like barley but that produces larger grain, grown as food for animals and for making flour and whisky; the grain of this plant
- rye bread
- rye whisky
Oxford Collocations DictionaryRye is used before these nouns:- bread
- flour
- whisky
- …
Word OriginOld English ryge, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch rogge and German Roggen.