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grain
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- pronunciation:
- greIn
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noun |
| definition 1: |
the small hard seeds of cereal plants such as wheat or rice. Grain is used for food and often ground into flour.
谷粒
She fed the chickens their grain.她用他们的谷物喂鸡。
- similar words:
- barley, buckwheat, corn, oats, rice, rye, seed, wheat
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| definition 2: |
cereal plants, such as wheat, corn, rice and the like.
谷物, 粮食
The farmer planted grain in the larger fields and vegetables in the smaller.Wheat is a popular grain in America.农民在大的天地里种谷物，在小的田地种蔬菜。小麦是美洲很常见的谷物。
- synonyms:
- cereals
- similar words:
- grasses
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| definition 3: |
any tiny, hard piece of something.
颗粒
The ant carried away a grain of sugar.蚂蚁搬走了一粒糖。- synonyms:
- particle, speck
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- crumb, kernel, pellet
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| definition 4: |
the pattern made by fibers that runs through wood, cloth, or other material.
纹理
By looking at the grain, he can tell which kind of wood the table is made of.通过看纹理，他可以得知桌子是用哪种木头制成的。- similar words:
- pattern, streaks, surface, texture
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| related words: |
dash, meal, weave |
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broader category that includes grains |
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plant |
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some activities involving grains |
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cultivate, grind, harvest, plant, store, thresh |
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some containers for grains |
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hopper, sack, silo |
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some examples of grains |
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barley, corn, Indian corn, oat, rice, rye, wheat |
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some people associated with grains |
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farmer, miller |
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some things made from grains |
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alcohol, beer, broth, cereal, feed, flour, fodder, food, gin, graham, granola, mash, meal, oatmeal, oil, porridge, soup, whiskey |
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some things that eat grains |
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birds, human, insects, livestock, poultry |
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tools associated with grains |
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combine, flail, grindstone, mill, scoop, screen, scythe |
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units for measuring grains |
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bushel, peck |
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