English Explanatory Dictionary

barley

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A cereal of the species Hordeum vulgare, or its grains, often used as food or to make beer and other malted drinks.
  2. The seed of Job's tears. (Coix lacryma-jobi)
name
  1. A village in Hertfordshire, England.
  2. A village in Lancashire, England.
  3. A surname.

Pronunciation

/ˈbɑɹli/ /ˈbɑːli/ en-us-barley.ogg

Word forms

barley barleys

Etymology

From Middle English barly, barli, from Old English bærlīċ (“barley-like”, adjective) (later referring to barley itself and grain crops of similar appearance), from bere (“barley”) (compare Scots bere (“six-rowed barley”)), from Proto-Germanic *baraz (compare Old Norse barr), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰers- (“spike, prickle”). Equivalent to bere + -ly. See English brew.

Derived words

barley beer barley-bird barleybrake barley bread barley-bree barley-broo barley-broth barley coal barleycorn barley fork barley grass barley-hood barley itch barley jointworm barleylike barleymeal barley midge Barley mild mosaic bymovirus barley moon barleymow barley reel barley sack barley sandwich barley scab fungus barley scald barley smut Barley stripe mosaic virus barley-sugar barley sugar barley twist barley-water barley water barley-wine barley wine barley worm Barley yellow striate mosaic virus caustic barley common barley four-rowed barley foxtail barley Himalayan barley hulled barley Indian caustic barley little barley meadow barley mouse barley nonbarley pearl barley Scotch barley sea barley six-rowed barley sprat barley squirreltail barley Tibetan barley two-rowed barley wall barley wild barley
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