cereal

Definition

  • n. grass whose starchy grains are used as food: wheat; rice; rye; oats; maize; buckwheat; millet
  • n. a breakfast food prepared from grain
  • adj. made of grain or relating to grain or the plants that produce it

Word forms

Plural
cereals

Example sentences

  1. n.

    I usually have cereal with milk for breakfast.

  2. a.

    Cereal crops are essential for food production worldwide.