paddy

Meaning

Noun

1. Rough or unhusked rice, either before it is milled or as a crop to be harvested.
2. A paddy field, a rice paddy; an irrigated or flooded field where rice is grown.

Adj

Low; mean; boorish; vagabond.

Synonyms

rice

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husked rice

rice paddy

paddy field

rice in the husk

passion

ream

resilient

temper

rice field

unmilled rice

corn-husk

rice in the husks

rice plants

paddy rice

cultivated rice

barley

rough rice

elastic

grain

irrigated

namely

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpædi/

Etymology

Borrowed from Malay padi (“paddy plant”). Doublet of palay.