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Vocabulary Entry
grain
|noun • verb
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N
noun
A small, hard seed harvested for food, often used to refer to cereal crops.
Example Sentences
"The farmer harvested the grain in late summer."
"Rice and wheat are examples of staple grains."
"She sprinkled grain on the ground to attract birds."
V
verb
To remove the outer husk from grain, or to mill it into flour.
Example Sentences
"They will grain the wheat before baking the bread."
"The mill will grain the barley into fine flour."
"You need to grain the oats to prepare them for cooking."