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rice
1[ rahys ]
noun
- the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- the grass itself.
- a food that is chopped or otherwise processed to resemble rice (used in combination): sweet potato rice.
cauliflower rice;
sweet potato rice.
verb (used with object)
- to reduce to a form resembling rice:
to rice potatoes.
Rice
2[ rahys ]
noun
- Anne, 1941–2021, U.S. novelist.
- Dan Daniel McLaren, 1823–1900, U.S. circus clown, circus owner, and Union patriot.
- Elmer, 1892–1967, U.S. playwright.
- Jerry Lee, born 1962, U.S. football player.
- Grant·land [grant, -l, uh, nd], 1880–1954, U.S. journalist.
RICE
1/ raɪs /
acronym for
- rest, ice, compression, elevation: the recommended procedure for controlling inflammation in injured limbs or joints
Rice
2/ raɪs /
noun
- RiceElmer18921967MUSTHEATRE: dramatist Elmer , original name Elmer Reizenstein . 1892–1967, US dramatist. His plays include The Adding Machine (1923) and Street Scene (1929), which was made into a musical by Kurt Weill in 1947
rice
3/ raɪs /
noun
- an erect grass, Oryza sativa , that grows in East Asia on wet ground and has drooping flower spikes and yellow oblong edible grains that become white when polished
- the grain of this plant
verb
- tr to sieve (potatoes or other vegetables) to a coarse mashed consistency, esp with a ricer
Word History and Origins
Origin of rice1
Word History and Origins
Origin of rice1
Example Sentences
The book details his confrontations with neoconservatives, and his alliance with Condoleezza Rice.
Rice had received this video in discovery during his criminal case, but it had not been aired publicly, as had the first video.
At that meeting, Rice told the Commissioner that he had hit Mrs. Rice in the elevator.
A call made to police beforehand described Rice as “a guy with a pistol” on a swing set, but said it was “probably fake.”
And the Constitution, written on goatskin not rice paper, might be as our country was under Jefferson.
In his youngest days, when his mother used to regulate his food, she would stuff him full of rice.
Likewise your Majesty will have shelter for his vessels, and a foothold in that country, which abounds with meat and rice.
This gift of rice was especially pleasing to the traveller, as no dish is held in higher honour in Korea.
After this he awoke much refreshed, and having obtained some rice from the native chief, ate a little with relish.
Mr. Rice, the owner of the plantation, was a hot Southern sympathizer, but he did not relish his present company.
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