English Explanatory Dictionary

cereal

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A type of grass (such as wheat, rice or oats) cultivated for its edible grains.
  2. The grains of such a grass.
  3. Breakfast cereal.
adj
  1. Of or relating to cereal.
name
  1. A village in Alberta, Canada.
adj
  1. Of or relating to the goddess Ceres.

Pronunciation

/ˈsɪə.ɹɪ.əl/ [ˈsiːɹiəl] en-us-cereal.ogg

Word forms

cereal cereals more Cereal most Cereal

Etymology

Borrowed from French céréale (“having to do with cereal”), from Latin Cerealis (“of or relating to Ceres”), from Ceres (“Roman goddess of agriculture”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱer- (“grow”), from which also Latin sincerus (English sincere) and Latin crēscō (“grow”) (English crescent).

Synonyms

foodgrain

Related words

crescent sincere

Derived words

cereal bar cereal dust cerealic cerealin cerealist cereal killer cereal leaf beetle cerealogy noncereal pseudocereal shit in someone's cereal
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