English Explanatory Dictionary

rice

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Cereal plants, Oryza sativa of the grass family whose seeds are used as food.
  2. A specific variety of this plant.
  3. The seeds of this plant used as food.
  4. The types of automobile modifications characteristic of a rice burner.
  5. An instance of customization of a user interface.
verb
  1. To squeeze through a ricer; to mash or make into rice-sized pieces (especially potatoes).
  2. To harvest wild rice (Zizania spp.)
  3. To throw rice at a person (usually at a wedding).
  4. To customize the user interface of a computer system, e.g. a desktop environment. (derived from rice out)
noun
  1. A twig or stick.
  2. A bobbin or spool.
name
  1. A surname from Welsh [in turn originating as a patronymic].
  2. A number of places in the United States:
  3. A former town in the Rice Valley, San Bernardino County, California.
  4. An unincorporated community in Cloud County, Kansas.
  5. A city in Benton County, Minnesota.
  6. An unincorporated community in Putnam County, Ohio.
  7. An unincorporated community in Wasco County, Oregon, named after Horace Rice.
  8. A minor city in Navarro County, Texas, named after William Marsh Rice.
  9. An unincorporated community in Prince Edward County, Virginia.
  10. An unincorporated community in Stevens County, Washington, named after William B. Rice.
  11. A number of townships in the United States, listed under Rice Township.
noun
  1. Acronym of rest, ice, compression, elevation (“a treatment method for soft-tissue injuries”).
  2. Acronym of rest, immobilization, cold, elevation (“a treatment method for soft-tissue injuries”).
  3. Acronym of reaction, initial, change, equilibrium (“a tabular system for keeping track of changing concentrations in an equilibrium reaction”).
  4. Acronym of reciprocating internal combustion engine.

Pronunciation

/ɹaɪs/ en-us-rice.ogg en-uk-rice.ogg

Word forms

rice rices ricing riced rise Wrice

Etymology

From Middle English rys, from Old French ris, from Old Italian riso, risi, from Byzantine Greek ὄρυζα (óruza), from an Eastern Iranian language related to Middle Persian blnc (*brinǰ), Northern Kurdish riz (beyond Euphrates) and Zazaki riz. Theorized to come to Iranian languages from Sanskrit व्रीहि (vrīhi). Prior to Sanskrit, it is speculated to be possibly a borrowing from a Dravidian language (compare Proto-Dravidian *wariñci (“rice”)), or from Austroasiatic languages further east. Alternatively Byzantine Greek ὄρυζα (óruza) is said to be from Hebrew אורז (órez), from South Arabian areez ultimately from Old Tamil 𑀅𑀭𑀺𑀘𑀺 (arici). Doublet of arroz.

Related words

rise-wood risewood PRICE RICE box RICE chart RICE table

Derived words

African rice ant rice arborio rice artificial rice baby rice black rice brewers' rice brewer's rice broken rice brown rice cauliflower rice cheese and rice claypot rice cook-up rice Coues' rice rat dirty rice economy rice flattened rice forbidden rice French rice fried rice fried rice syndrome glorified rice golden rice Hainanese chicken rice hanging rice hom mali rice hungry rice Indian rice iron rice bowl Italian rice ball Japanese rice ball jollof rice like white on rice longevity rice long rice Manchurian wild rice mealie rice Mexican rice mountain rice nonrice northern wild rice oily rice omu rice omu-rice Patna rice peas and rice polished rice pudding rice puffed rice purple rice red yeast rice rice and peas rice bag rice ball rice bean ricebird rice biscuit rice blast rice bowl

Translations

Chinese Mandarin: 賴斯 /赖斯 Latvian: Raisa Latvian: Raiss
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