grain

Definition

Examples

The country exports a large amount of grain to neighboring markets each year.

Word Family

Synonyms

• cerealgrass whose starchy grains are used as food: wheat; rice; rye; oats; maize; buckwheat; millet
• kernelthe inner and usually edible part of a seed or grain or nut or fruit stone
• seeda small hard fruit

Collocations

• Easy grain of rice
  to grain of rice, meaning to thoroughly work in
• Medium grain storage facility
  to grain storage facility, meaning to thoroughly work in
• Hard coarse grain
  describing coarse grain (of textures that are rough to the touch or substances consisting of relatively large particles)
• Very Hard go against the grain
  to go against the grain, meaning to change location; move, travel, or proceed, also metaphorically