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grain The definition of a grain is a tiny hard seed from a cereal grass, or a tiny piece of amount of something. An example of a grain is a piece of a wheat berry. An example of a grain is an extremely tiny piece of sand. a small, hard seed or seedlike fruit, esp. that of any cereal plant, as wheat, rice, corn, rye, etc.
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Definitions &Translations Gram definition, a metric unit of mass or weight equal to 15.432 grains; one thousandth of a kilogram. See more.
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Definitions &Translations Wheat (Triticum spp.) is a cereal grain, originally from the Levant region of the Near East but now cultivated worldwide. In 2013, world production of wheat was 713 million tons, making it the third most-produced cereal after maize (1,016 million tons) and rice (745 million tons).
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grain Definition of grain for Students. 1  1 : the edible seed or seeds of some grasses (as wheat, corn, or oats) or a few other plants (as buckwheat) 2  2 : plants that produce grain. 3  3 : a small hard particle a grain of sand.  4 : a tiny amount a grain of 1  truth. 5 : a unit of weight equal to 0.0648 gram.  6 : the arrangement of fibers in wood.
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particle The definition of a particle is a very small amount of something. An example of a particle is a speck of dust. particle. particle.
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- Definition of rice. : the starchy seeds of an annual southeast Asian cereal grass (Oryza sativa) that are cooked and used for food; also : this cereal grass that is widely cultivated in warm climates for its seeds and by-products — compare wild rice.
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- Milligram definition, a unit of mass or weight equal to one thousandth of a gram, and equivalent to 0.0154 grain. See more.
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cereal (sîr'ē-əl) A grass, such as corn, rice, sorghum, or wheat, whose starchy grains are used as food. Cereals are annual plants, and cereal crops must be reseeded for each growing season. Cereal grasses were domesticated during the Neolithic Period and formed the basis of early agriculture. The American Heritage® Science Dictionary
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The HEALTHGRAIN definition of âwhole grainâ The HEALTHGRAIN definition of ‘whole grain’. Most cereal products, like white bread, pasta, and biscuits, are based on flour after removal of bran and germ, the two parts of grain kernels containing most of the dietary fibre and other bioactive components.
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- The definition of coarse is something that has large particles, poor quality, a rough texture or something that is in bad taste. An example of coarse is large particles of ground pepper.
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- grain noun (SEED) C2 [ C or U ] a seed or seeds from a plant, especially a plant like a grass such as rice or wheat: grains of wheat/rice. Grain (= the crop from food plants like grasses) is one of the main exports of the American Midwest. See also. wholegrain.
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Wheat Wheat is a grass widely cultivated for its seed, a cereal grain which is a worldwide staple food. There are many species of wheat which together make up the genus Triticum; the most widely grown is common wheat (T. aestivum).
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GRAIN ALCOHOL • GRAIN ALCOHOL (noun). The noun GRAIN ALCOHOL has 1 sense: 1. the intoxicating agent in fermented and distilled liquors; used pure or denatured as a solvent or in medicines and colognes and cleaning solutions and rocket fuel; proposed as a renewable clean-burning additive to gasoline. Familiarity information: GRAIN ALCOHOL used as a noun is very rare. Dictionary entry details.
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- No Ads. A grain (symbol: gr) is a unit of mass now equal to exactly 64.79891 milligrams, in all English mass and weight systems (avoirdupois, Apothecaries' and troy). An avoirdupois ounce is equal to 437.5 grains, whereas a troy ounce is equal to 480 grains.
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- Define bran: the edible broken seed coats of cereal grain separated from the flour or meal by sifting or bolting — bran in a sentence the edible broken seed coats of cereal grain separated from the flour or meal by sifting or bolting…
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CEREAL The noun CEREAL has 3 senses: 1. grass whose starchy grains are used as food: wheat; rice; rye; oats; maize; buckwheat; millet. 2. foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses. 3. a breakfast food prepared from grain. Familiarity information: CEREAL used as a noun is uncommon.
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- Definition of CORN. 1. chiefly dialect: a small hard particle: grain. 2. 3. British: the grain of a cereal grass that is the primary crop of a region (as wheat in Britain and oats in Scotland and Ireland); also: a plant that produces corn.
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barley 1 Barley definition, a widely distributed cereal plant belonging to the genus Hordeum, of the grass family, having awned flowers that grow in tightly bunched spikes, with three small additional spikes at each node. See more.
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grain grain (gr) Etymology: L, granum, seed. the smallest unit of mass in avoirdupois, troy, and apothecaries' weights formerly based on the weight of a plump grain of wheat. The grain is the same and is equal to 65 mg. The troy and apothecaries' ounces contain 480 grains; the avoirdupois ounce contains 437.5 grains.
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- Define grain elevator: a building for elevating, storing, discharging, and sometimes processing grain a building for elevating, storing, discharging, and sometimes processing grain… See the full definition
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- A refined grain, or its product, is made by processing a natural, whole grain so that some or most of the nutrients are lost. Almost all grain products have been refined in some way or another. White rice, cream of wheat, cookies, and bowls of snap-crackle-and-pop each morning are all examples of refined grain products. refined grain, or its product, is made by processing a natural, whole grain so that some or most of the nutrients are lost. Almost all grain products have been refined in some way or another. White rice, cream of wheat, cookies, and bowls of snap-crackle-and-pop each morning are all examples of refined grain products.
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Introducing the Seagate Dashboard Installing Seagate Dashboard. You’ll find the Dashboard software on your drive when you connect it to your computer, so there’s no install disk to keep track of. To install the Dashboard software on your computer, double-click the file (.dmg for Mac users, .exe for PC) and follow the onscreen instructions.
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- 1. grain to be ground. 2. ground grain; meal produced from grinding. 3. a quantity of grain for grinding at one time; the amount of meal from one grinding. 4. Older Use. a quantity or lot. grist for or to one's mill, something used to one's profit or advantage, esp. something seemingly unpromising. grist′er, n.
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- Grain is the staff of life because it is NECESSARY for us to survive. It is that what holds us up to carry us along, to support us. to help us over the rough places in l…ife. In my opinion it should be whole grain.. Not enriched or bleached but whole grain, that has not been tampered with.
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cereal Define cereal: relating to grain or to the plants that produce it; also : made of grain — cereal in a sentence
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Refined grains From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Refined grains, in contrast to whole grains, refers to grain products consisting of grains or grain flours that have been significantly modified from their natural composition.owever, for some grains the removal of fiber coupled with fine grinding results in a slightly higher availability of grain energy for use by the body.