Grain

Quick meaning: Grain is a noun meaning (uncountable) The harvested seeds of various grass food crops eg: wheat, corn, barley.

Meaning

(uncountable) The harvested seeds of various grass food crops eg: wheat, corn, barley.

More Meanings

1. (uncountable) Similar seeds from any food crop, e.g., buckwheat, amaranth, quinoa.
2. (countable) A single seed of grass food crops.
3. (countable, uncountable) The crops from which grain is harvested.
4. (uncountable) A linear texture of a material or surface.
5. (countable) A single particle of a substance.
6. (countable) Any of various small units of mass originally notionally based on grain's weight, variously standardized at different places and times, including
7. (countable, chiefly historical) Any of various small units of length originally notionally based on a grain's width, variously standardized at different places and times.

Example Sentences

grains of oat

a grain of sand

a grain of wheat

Cut along the grain of the wood.

Word Forms

• grains
• graining
• grained
• grane

Synonyms for grain

Depending on context, synonyms include draff, ingrain, caryopsis, granulate, cereal.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include cereal, granulate, caryopsis, ingrain, corn, maize.

Related Dictionary Tools