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    cereal

    noun
    noun
    BrE BrE//ˈsɪəriəl//
    ; NAmE NAmE//ˈsɪriəl//
    Carbohydrates, Crops
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  1. 1 [countable] one of various types of grass that produce grains that can be eaten or are used to make flour or bread. Wheat, barley and rye are all cereals. cereal crops Wordfindercropblight, cereal, crop, genetically modified, grain, harvest, monoculture, organic, staple, yield Oxford Collocations Dictionary cereal + nouncrop, foods, grain, … See full entry See related entries: Carbohydrates, Crops
  2. 2[uncountable] the grain produced by cereal crops Oxford Collocations Dictionary cereal + nouncrop, foods, grain, … See full entry See related entries: Carbohydrates
  3. 3 [countable, uncountable] food made from the grain of cereals, often eaten for breakfast with milk breakfast cereals a bowl of cereal Oxford Collocations Dictionary adjectivebreakfast, bran, high-fibre/​high-fiber, … … of cerealbowl, box, packet, … verb + cerealeat, have cereal + nounbowl, box, packet, … See full entry See related entries: Carbohydrates
    4.  Word Originearly 19th cent. (as an adjective): from Latin cerealis, from Ceres, the goddess of agriculture in Roman mythology.Extra examples I have cereal for breakfast. a big bowl of cereal a wholewheat cereal fortified with B group vitamins fortified breakfast cereals
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