cereal

Meaning

1. A type of grass (such as wheat, rice or oats) cultivated for its edible grains.
2. The grains of such a grass.
3. Breakfast cereal.

Synonyms

grain

corn

🌽

cereal grass

porridge

breakfast cereal

food grain

seed

graminoid

atole

herb

🌿

grass

kasha

dry cereal

hot cereal

buckweat groats

cold cereal

barley

graminaceous plant

coriander

farina

flake

flour

grains

gruel

kernel

loblolly

maize

starch

wheat

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsɪə.ɹɪ.əl/

Etymology

Borrowed from French céréale (“having to do with cereal”), from Latin Cerealis (“of or relating to Ceres”), from Ceres (“Roman goddess of agriculture”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱer- (“grow”), from which also Latin sincerus (English sincere) and Latin crēscō (“grow”) (English crescent).