noun
grains
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noun
1
Small hard seeds from cereal plants (such as wheat, rice, or barley), especially as harvested for food.
"The silo was filled with grains ready for milling."
"A healthy diet includes plenty of whole grains."
2
Tiny particles resembling seeds, such as grains of sand or salt.
"A few grains of sand had worked their way into her shoe."
3
A tanning-industry term for dried pigeon or bird droppings once used to soften leather hides.
"Old tanning manuals describe soaking hides in grains before finishing them."
How to Use Grains
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishSmall particles — usually the seeds of cereal crops, but also used for tiny bits of anything granular like sand.
Common pairings
whole grains
grains of sand
grains of rice
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