rice

¹

[ rahys ]

noun

1. the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
2. the grass itself.
3. a food that is chopped or otherwise processed to resemble rice (used in combination): sweet potato rice.

   cauliflower rice;

   sweet potato rice.

verb (used with object)

, riced, ric·ing.

1. to reduce to a form resembling rice:

   to rice potatoes.

Rice

²

[ rahys ]

noun

1. Anne, 1941–2021, U.S. novelist.
2. Dan Daniel McLaren, 1823–1900, U.S. circus clown, circus owner, and Union patriot.
3. Elmer, 1892–1967, U.S. playwright.
4. Jerry Lee, born 1962, U.S. football player.
5. Grant·land [grant, -l, uh, nd], 1880–1954, U.S. journalist.

RICE

¹

/ raɪs /

acronym for

1. rest, ice, compression, elevation: the recommended procedure for controlling inflammation in injured limbs or joints

Rice

²

/ raɪs /

noun

1. RiceElmer18921967MUSTHEATRE: dramatist Elmer , original name Elmer Reizenstein . 1892–1967, US dramatist. His plays include The Adding Machine (1923) and Street Scene (1929), which was made into a musical by Kurt Weill in 1947

rice

³

/ raɪs /

noun

1. an erect grass, Oryza sativa , that grows in East Asia on wet ground and has drooping flower spikes and yellow oblong edible grains that become white when polished
2. the grain of this plant

verb

1. tr to sieve (potatoes or other vegetables) to a coarse mashed consistency, esp with a ricer

Word History and Origins

Origin of rice¹

First recorded in 1200–50; Middle English ris, rys, from Old French, from Italian riso, risi (in Medieval Latin risium ), from Medieval Greek orýzion, derivative of Greek óryza, from an Iranian language, e.g., Old Persian brizi, Pashto vrižē; akin to Sanskrit vrīhi-, perhaps ultimately of Dravidian origin

Word History and Origins

Origin of rice¹

C13 rys , via French, Italian, and Latin from Greek orūza , of Oriental origin

Example Sentences

In khao kan jin, a northern Thai dish, pork blood is mixed with rice and steamed in a banana leaf.

From Washington Post

Case numbers remained low at Rice, with no single day seeing more than six reported cases.

From Science News

Meadow Grill, in the same area, offers a surprising variety of goods, including breakfast burritos and rice bowls.

From Outside Online

Since 1977, when he started importing rice and sugar to his home state of Kano, Nigeria, and selling them at a lucrative markup, his business empire has expanded across industries and borders.

From Ozy

Jahmal Usen, and his home-cooked meals of red-tinged jollof rice and comforting spaghetti stir-fry, are an important part of it.

From Eater

The book details his confrontations with neoconservatives, and his alliance with Condoleezza Rice.

From The Daily Beast

Rice had received this video in discovery during his criminal case, but it had not been aired publicly, as had the first video.

From The Daily Beast

At that meeting, Rice told the Commissioner that he had hit Mrs. Rice in the elevator.

From The Daily Beast

A call made to police beforehand described Rice as “a guy with a pistol” on a swing set, but said it was “probably fake.”

From The Daily Beast

And the Constitution, written on goatskin not rice paper, might be as our country was under Jefferson.

From The Daily Beast

In his youngest days, when his mother used to regulate his food, she would stuff him full of rice.

From Project Gutenberg

Likewise your Majesty will have shelter for his vessels, and a foothold in that country, which abounds with meat and rice.

From Project Gutenberg

This gift of rice was especially pleasing to the traveller, as no dish is held in higher honour in Korea.

From Project Gutenberg

After this he awoke much refreshed, and having obtained some rice from the native chief, ate a little with relish.

From Project Gutenberg

Mr. Rice, the owner of the plantation, was a hot Southern sympathizer, but he did not relish his present company.

From Project Gutenberg

Related Words

• bran
• corn
• grain
• rice
• wheat