polished rice

American  

noun

1. white rice polished or buffed by leather-covered cylinders during processing.

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Etymology

Origin of polished rice

First recorded in 1920–25

Example Sentences

Their fellow tenants now share the roasted-chestnut-and-mushroom perfume of Aspergillus oryzae, or koji, growing on steamed, polished rice.

From New York Times • Mar. 2, 2018

Today, we know why the polished rice caused problems.

From Slate • Mar. 6, 2015

The Department of Agriculture estimates that on average arsenic levels are 10 times as high in rice bran as in polished rice.

From New York Times • Apr. 18, 2014

They are protected by import tariffs in excess of 700 percent for polished rice.

From Reuters • Mar. 14, 2011

I have noticed many times that children are satisfied with less of whole wheat bread than of white bread, and that the brown unpolished rice satisfies them more quickly and completely than the polished rice.

From Maintaining Health Formerly Health and Efficiency by Alsaker, R. L.