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    cereal
    /ˈsɪərɪəl/

    noun

    • 1. a grain used for food, for example wheat, maize, or rye.
    • 2. a breakfast food made from roasted grain, typically eaten with milk: "a bowl of cereal"

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  3. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishCEREAL | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    a food that is made from grain and eaten with milk, especially in the morning: breakfast cereals. Abel Halasz/EyeEm/GettyImages. More examplesFewer 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.

  4. www.dictionary.com › browse › cerealCEREAL Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    noun. any grass that produces an edible grain, such as oat, rye, wheat, rice, maize, sorghum, and millet. the grain produced by such a plant. any food made from this grain, esp breakfast food. modifier of or relating to any of these plants or their products. cereal farming. / sîr ′ ē-əl /

  5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › CerealCereal - Wikipedia

    A cereal is a grass cultivated for its edible grain. Cereals are the world's largest crops, and are therefore staple foods. They include rice, wheat, rye, oats, barley, millet, and maize. Edible grains from other plant families, such as buckwheat and quinoa, are pseudocereals.

  6. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › cerealCereal Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    1. : a plant (such as a grass) yielding starchy grain suitable for food. also : its grain. 2. : a prepared foodstuff of grain (such as oatmeal or cornflakes) Did you know? Cereal Has Roots in Roman Myth. The Roman goddess Ceres, the equivalent of the Greek Demeter, was a calm goddess who didn't take part in the quarrels of the other gods.

  7. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishCEREAL definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    Definition of 'cereal' Word Frequency. cereal. (sɪəriəl ) Word forms: plural cereals. 1. variable noun A2. Cereal or breakfast cereal is a food made from grain. It is mixed with milk and eaten for breakfast. I have a bowl of cereal every morning. 2. countable noun. Cereals are plants such as wheat, corn, or rice that produce grain.

  8. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › cerealCereal - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    Definitions of cereal. noun. grass whose starchy grains are used as food: wheat; rice; rye; oats; maize; buckwheat; millet. synonyms: cereal grass. see more. noun. foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses. synonyms: food grain, grain. see more. noun. a breakfast food prepared from grain. see more. adjective.

  9. dictionary.cambridge.org › learner-english › cerealCEREAL | meaning - Cambridge Learner's Dictionary

    a food that is made from grain and eaten with milk, especially in the morning: breakfast cereals. (Definition of cereal from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of cereal. in Chinese (Traditional) 穀類植物，穀物, （尤指早上加牛奶食用的）穀類食物… See more. in Chinese (Simplified) 谷类植物，谷物, （尤指早晨加牛奶食用的）谷类食物… See more. in Spanish.

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