cerealnoun [ C or U ]
uk/ˈsɪə.ri.əl/us/ˈsɪr.i.əl/C1 a plant that is grown to produce grain:
cereal crops
A2 a food that is made from grain and eaten with milk, especially in the morning:
breakfast cereals
More examples
- I hate it when cereal goes all soggy, so I try to eat it up quickly.
- He tipped his breakfast cereal into a bowl and went to get the milk.
- It's a good idea to eat wholegrain breakfast cereal and to avoid too much sugar.
- She stood looking at all the different packets of cereal on the supermarket shelves.
- Drought has stunted the growth of this year's cereal crop.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Cereals
- arborio
- barley
- basmati
- bran
- brown rice
- durum wheat
- granola
- gruel
- hominy
- long-grain rice
- muesli
- oat
- oatmeal
- oats
- porridge
- short-grain rice
- sorghum
- wheat
- wheatgerm
- wild rice
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