rice

English Thesaurus

1. grains used as food either unpolished or more often polished (noun.food)

hypernym	:	starches,
definition	:	foodstuff rich in natural starch (especially potatoes, rice, bread) (noun.food)

hypernym	:	cereal, food grain, grain,
definition	:	foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses (noun.food)

hyponym	:	brown rice,
definition	:	unpolished rice retaining the yellowish-brown outer layer (noun.food)

hyponym	:	polished rice, white rice,
definition	:	having husk or outer brown layers removed (noun.food)

hyponym	:	paddy,
definition	:	rice in the husk either gathered or still in the field (noun.food)

part meronym	:	cultivated rice, oryza sativa,
definition	:	yields the staple food of 50 percent of world's population (noun.plant)

2. United States playwright (1892-1967) (noun.person)

instance hypernym	:	dramatist, playwright,
definition	:	someone who writes plays (noun.person)

3. English lyricist who frequently worked with Andrew Lloyd Webber (born in 1944) (noun.person)

instance hypernym	:	lyricist, lyrist,
definition	:	a person who writes the words for songs (noun.person)

4. annual or perennial rhizomatous marsh grasses; seed used for food; straw used for paper (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	cereal, cereal grass,
definition	:	grass whose starchy grains are used as food: wheat; rice; rye; oats; maize; buckwheat; millet (noun.plant)

hyponym	:	cultivated rice, oryza sativa,
definition	:	yields the staple food of 50 percent of world's population (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	genus oryza, oryza,
definition	:	rice (noun.plant)

substance holonym	:	rice beer, sake, saki,
definition	:	Japanese alcoholic beverage made from fermented rice; usually served hot (noun.food)

5. sieve so that it becomes the consistency of rice (verb.contact)

hypernym	:	sieve, sift, strain,
definition	:	separate by passing through a sieve or other straining device to separate out coarser elements (verb.contact)

domain category	:	cookery, cooking, preparation,
definition	:	the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat (noun.act)

6. grains used as food either unpolished or more often polished (noun.food)

derivation	:	rice,
definition	:	sieve so that it becomes the consistency of rice (verb.contact)

7. sieve so that it becomes the consistency of rice (verb.contact)

derivation	:	ricer,
definition	:	a kitchen utensil used for ricing soft foods by extruding them through small holes (noun.artifact)

derivation	:	rice,
definition	:	grains used as food either unpolished or more often polished (noun.food)

8. grains used as food either unpolished or more often polished (noun.food)

derivation	:	rice,
definition	:	sieve so that it becomes the consistency of rice (verb.contact)

9. sieve so that it becomes the consistency of rice (verb.contact)

derivation	:	ricer,
definition	:	a kitchen utensil used for ricing soft foods by extruding them through small holes (noun.artifact)

derivation	:	rice,
definition	:	grains used as food either unpolished or more often polished (noun.food)