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pearl barley

noun

  1. barley milled into small, round grains, used in cooking, especially in soups.


pearl barley

noun

  1. barley ground into small round grains, used in cooking, esp in soups and stews
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of pearl barley1

First recorded in 1700–10
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Example Sentences

The best is a light soup, with pearl barley, a cutlet, pastries and jelly; that is the proper midday meal.

It is really good, and I am putting in lots of pearl barley and rice and potatoes.

When the attrition is carried further, so that the grain is reduced to small round pellets, it is termed "pearl barley."

Patent barley is either pot or pearl barley reduced to flour.

Take a scrag-end of mutton (two pounds), put it in a saucepan with two quarts of cold water and an ounce of pearl barley or rice.

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