cereal
noun /ˈsɪəriəl/
/ˈsɪriəl/
- enlarge image[countable] one of various types of grass that produce grains that can be eaten or are used to make flour or bread. wheat, barley and rye are all cereals.
- cereal crops
WordfinderTopics Farmingb2- blight
- cereal
- crop
- genetically modified
- grain
- harvest
- monoculture
- organic
- staple
- yield
Oxford Collocations Dictionarycereal + noun- crop
- foods
- grain
- …
- [uncountable] the grain produced by cereal cropsTopics Foodb2Oxford Collocations Dictionarycereal + noun
- crop
- foods
- grain
- …
- [countable, uncountable] food made from the grain of cereals, often eaten for breakfast with milk
- breakfast cereals
- a bowl of cereal
Homophones cereal | serialcereal serial/ˈsɪəriəl//ˈsɪriəl/- cereal noun
- A nutritious breakfast cereal can contribute to a healthy lifestyle.
- serial noun
- All the female characters in this serial are very strong.
- serial adjective
- The novel was first published in serial form.
Extra ExamplesTopics Foodb2- I have cereal for breakfast.
- a wholewheat cereal fortified with B group vitamins
- fortified breakfast cereals
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- breakfast
- bran
- high-fibre/high-fiber
- …
- bowl
- box
- packet
- …
- eat
- have
- bowl
- box
- packet
- …
Word Originearly 19th cent. (as an adjective): from Latin cerealis, from Ceres, the goddess of agriculture in Roman mythology.