rice
[rahys]
- the starchy seeds or grain of an annual marsh grass, Oryza sativa, cultivated in warm climates and used for food.
- the grass itself.
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- to reduce to a form resembling rice: to rice potatoes.
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Origin of rice
1200–50; Middle English ris, rys < Old French < Italian riso, risi (in Medieval Latin risium) < Medieval Greek orýzion, derivative of Greek óryza
Rice
[rahys]
- Anne,born 1941, U.S. novelist.
- DanDaniel McLaren, 1823–1900, U.S. circus clown, circus owner, and Union patriot.
- Elmer,1892–1967, U.S. playwright.
- Jerry Lee,born 1962, U.S. football player.
- Grant·land [grant-luh nd] /ˈgrænt lənd/, 1880–1954, U.S. journalist.
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Examples from the Web for rice
Contemporary Examples
Rice had received this video in discovery during his criminal case, but it had not been aired publicly, as had the first video.
At that meeting, Rice told the Commissioner that he had hit Mrs. Rice in the elevator.
A call made to police beforehand described Rice as “a guy with a pistol” on a swing set, but said it was “probably fake.”
And the Constitution, written on goatskin not rice paper, might be as our country was under Jefferson.
De Merode sits at a long table and digs into a plate piled with rice, beans, and avocado.
Historical Examples
Left-over cereals other than rice may also be used in this way.
Woman's Institute Library of Cookery, Vol. 1Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts and Sciences
She brought a plate full of rice, and a big piece of chicken.
Rico and WiseliJohanna Spyri
Have ready a pint of rice that has been well picked, washed, and soaked.
Directions for Cookery, in its Various BranchesEliza Leslie
Then drain off the water, and let the rice dry and get cold.
Directions for Cookery, in its Various BranchesEliza Leslie
From that account we learn that Mr. Rice is a native of Massachusetts.
Cleveland Past and PresentMaurice Joblin
rice
- 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
- the grain of this plant
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- (tr) US and Canadian to sieve (potatoes or other vegetables) to a coarse mashed consistency, esp with a ricer
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See also Indian rice
Word Origin
C13 rys, via French, Italian, and Latin from Greek orūza, of Oriental origin
Rice
- 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
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RICE
- rest, ice, compression, elevation: the recommended procedure for controlling inflammation in injured limbs or joints
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Word Origin and History for rice
n.
mid-13c., from Old French ris, from Italian riso, from Latin oriza, from Greek oryza "rice," via an Indo-Iranian language (cf. Pashto vriže, Old Persian brizi), ultimately from Sanskrit vrihi-s "rice." The Greek word is the ultimate source of all European words (Welsh reis, German reis, Lithuanian rysai, Serbo-Croatian riza, Polish ryż, etc.). Introduced 1647 in the Carolinas. Rice paper (1822), originally used in China, Japan, etc., is made from straw of rice.
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