English dictionary
cereal
/'s/i/r/i//@/l/
Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.
adjective
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made of grain or relating to grain or the plants that produce it
ExamplesA cereal beverage.
Cereal grasses.
Source: WordNet 3.0
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Of or pertaining to the grasses which are cultivated for their edible seeds (as wheat, maize, rice, etc.), or to their seeds or grain.
Source: webster1913
noun
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grass whose starchy grains are used as food: wheat; rice; rye; oats; maize; buckwheat; millet
Synonyms cereal grassSource: WordNet 3.0
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foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses
Source: WordNet 3.0
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a breakfast food prepared from grain
Source: WordNet 3.0
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Any grass cultivated for its edible grain, or the grain itself; -- usually in the plural.
Source: webster1913