Grains and Cereals Word Search
A free Grains and Cereals word search you can play straight in the browser. The 12-word list draws on the ingredients, dishes, and flavors of a food topic, hidden across a 15×15 grid in every direction. Drag through the letters to mark a word off.
Words to find: WHEAT, OATS, BARLEY, CORN, RICE, MILLET, SORGHUM, QUINOA, SPELT, AMARANTH, TEFF, FARRO.
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Grains and Cereals word list, defined
- WHEAT /wiːt/ · noun
- Wheat is the edible grain and seed of the wheat plant, a cereal grass widely cultivated as a food crop. The word can also refer to the plant itself or to wheat as a standing crop. Related: grain, cereal.
- OATS /oʊts/ · plural noun
- The grains of the cereal plant Avena sativa, used as food and livestock feed. The word can also refer to the crop or to a field planted with it.
- BARLEY /ˈbɑːrli/ · noun
- A hardy cereal grass of the genus Hordeum, widely cultivated for its grain, which is used in malting for beer and whisky, in animal feed, and as a food grain. Related: grain, cereal, crop.
- CORN /kɔːrn/ (US); /kɔːn/ (UK) · noun
- The edible seed or grain of a cereal plant, especially in American English the principal grain crop maize (Zea mays), and more broadly the chief cereal crop of a region. Related: grain, maize, cereal, seed.
- RICE /raɪs/ · noun; verb
- As a noun, rice is the edible grain harvested from the rice plant, usually eaten cooked; it can also refer to the plant itself. As an informal British verb, rice means to agree or accept a proposal or concession. Related: grain, cereal, paddy.
- MILLET /ˈmɪlɪt/ · noun
- Millet is any of several drought-tolerant grasses cultivated for their edible seeds, which are used as grain and animal feed. The term also refers to the grain itself, especially in regions of Africa and Asia. Related: millet grain, millet seed, hulled millet.
- SORGHUM /ˈsɔːrmədʒ/ · noun
- Sorghum is a tropical cereal grass cultivated for its edible grain, used as food for humans and livestock. The word also refers to syrup made from the juice of sweet sorghum. Related: sorgo, guinea corn, broomcorn.
- QUINOA /ˈkiːnoʊə/ · noun
- Quinoa is an Andean plant whose seeds are widely eaten as a grain-like food. Although botanically a pseudocereal rather than a true cereal grain, quinoa is used much like rice, wheat, or couscous and is valued for its protein and nutrients. Related: quinoa grain, Andean grain, pseudocereal, chenopodium.
- SPELT /spelt/ · verb
- In the past tense or past participle of spell, spelt means to write or pronounce a word in a particular sequence of letters or sounds. It is especially common in British English, while spelled is more common in American English. Related: spelled, wrote, penned, recorded.
- AMARANTH /ˈæm.ə.rænθ/ · noun
- Amaranth is any of various plants of the genus Amaranthus, some grown as leaf vegetables or grain crops, and it also names a deep reddish-purple colour. In classical literature, the amaranth was a fabled unfading flower symbolising immortality. Related: pigweed, love-lies-bleeding, tampala, keerai.
- TEFF /tɛf/ · noun
- Teff is a cereal grass whose tiny grains are milled into flour and used to make foods such as injera, flatbreads, and porridge. It is especially associated with Ethiopian and Eritrean cuisine and is naturally gluten-free.
- FARRO /ˈfɑːroʊ/ · noun
- A grain of an ancient hulled wheat, especially emmer, widely used in Italian cooking in soups, salads, and risotto-style dishes. Related: emmer, spelt, einkorn.
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