paddy
noun
a rice field.
Paddies
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pluralof Paddy.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
paddies
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pluralof paddy.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
paddynouna rice field.
Example Sentences
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He said when the artist first told him about the idea "he talked about the idea of different Paddies who have all done interesting things".
From BBC ● Mar. 16, 2023
Paddies require enough water to keep rice plants partially submerged to grow.
From Reuters ● Jun. 16, 2015
Paddies were blackened with salt water, the rice crop destroyed.
From Time Magazine Archive
Tom immediately told him he should leave that place, and an altercation commenced; but even an electioneering dispute could not but savour of fun and repartee, between Paddies.
From Handy Andy, Volume One A Tale of Irish Life, in Two Volumes by Samuel Lover
Such subjects as Agriculture, Hokkaido, Labour, Paddies, Rice and Sericulture are indexed at length, but some matters which relate to them and are of general interest appear in the body of the Index.
From The Foundations of Japan Notes Made During Journeys Of 6,000 Miles In The Rural Districts As A Basis For A Sounder Knowledge Of The Japanese People by J.W. Robertson Scott
Niigata prefecture is a coastal idyll of steep mountains and lush rice paddies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 28, 2025
Regulation to protect Bali's rice paddies from further development is also planned.
From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2025
They have also been affected by habitat loss from human settlements and agriculture especially cashew plantations, corn and rice paddies.
From BBC ● Jun. 16, 2025
One of Oshu’s most popular events is an annual festival featuring rice art, made from growing five different varieties of rice to form vast images on the paddies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2024
Yayoi farmers may have practiced double-cropping, with paddies irrigated for rice production in the summer, then the same fields drained for dry-land cultivation of millets, barley, and wheat in the winter.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
