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From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Related topics: Plants, Food, Crops
barleybar‧ley /ˈbɑːli $ ˈbɑːrli/ noun [uncountable] HBPDFa plant that produces a grain used for making food or alcohol
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barley• Add barley and simmer for another 30 minutes.• Other grains present are rye and barley malt, which also contribute flavour.• After a bit they sat up and watched the welcome breeze work like an animal through the silver-green barley.• Judy told me she was picking up a load of barley in East Grand Forks.• Good quality barley is making £151 a tonne so, not unnaturally, both farmers and merchants are rubbing their hands.• Remove barley mixture from heat, and let stand 5 minutes.• It is made by taking barley berries and soaking them in water.• You know, the skin rubbed off with carrying the barley.
Origin barley (1100-1200) Old English bærlic “of barley”, from bære, bere “barley”
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