rice

Definition

• n. grains used as food either unpolished or more often polished
• n. annual or perennial rhizomatous marsh grasses; seed used for food; straw used for paper
• n. English lyricist who frequently worked with Andrew Lloyd Webber (born in 1944)
• n. United States playwright (1892-1967)

Word forms

Present participle

ricing

Past tense

riced

Third person singular

rices

Past participle

riced

Example sentences

1. n.

   I usually eat rice with my dinner every night.

2. vt.

   She decided to rice the vegetables to make them easier to cook.