cereal
A type of grass cultivated for its edible grainsA type of grass (such as wheat, rice or oats) cultivated for its edible grains.
» I'll have some cereal and orange juice.
Ich nehme ein Müsli und einen Orangensaft.
Я буду пластівці та апельсиновий сік.
Meaning
3 senses(countable)A type of grass (such as wheat, rice or oats) cultivated for its edible grains.
Getreide, Korn, Zerealie
злакzlak, зернова́я культу́раzernovája kulʹtúra
grass whose starchy grains are used as food: wheat, rice, rye, oats, maize, buckwheat, millet
(uncountable)The grains of such a grass.
Getreide, Korn, Frucht
крупа́krupá
збі́жжяzbížžja
(uncountable)Breakfast cereal.
Would you like some cereal?
Which cereal would you like for breakfast?
a breakfast food prepared from grain
Examples
120 sentencesI'll have some cereal and orange juice.
Я буду пластівці та апельсиновий сік.
deIch nehme ein Müsli und einen Orangensaft.
Tom poured himself some cereal.
Том насипав собі трохи сухих пластівців.
Tom poured milk on his cereal.
ruТом налил в хлопья молока.
Tom usually eats cereal for breakfast.
ruТом обычно ест на завтрак хлопья.
Tom ate three bowls of cereal.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from French céréale (“having to do with cereal”), from Latin Cerealis (“of or relBorrowed from French céréale (“having to do with cereal”), from Latin Cerealis (“of or relating to Ceres”), from Ceres (“Roman goddess of agriculture”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱer- (“grow”), from which also Latin sincerus (English sincere) and Latin crēscō (“grow”) (English crescent). The adjective is equivalent to Cere(s) + -al.
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Forms
plural: cerealsSynonyms
4 synonyms- grass whose starchy grains are used as food: wheat, rice, rye, oats, maize, buckwheat, millet:cereal grass
- foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses:grainfood grain
Word family
9 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
4 patterns- bowls of cereal
- cereal for breakfast
- eats cereal
- some cereal