grain
Pronunciation:
/ɡɹeɪn/noun
Definitions
The harvested seeds of various grass food crops eg: wheat, corn, barley.
Example: We stored a thousand tons of grain for the winter.
Similar seeds from any food crop, e.g., buckwheat, amaranth, quinoa.
A single seed of grass food crops.
Example: a grain of wheat
The crops from which grain is harvested.
Example: The fields were planted with grain.
verb
Definitions
To feed grain to.
To make granular; to form into grains.
To form grains, or to assume a granular form, as the result of crystallization; to granulate.
To texture a surface in imitation of the grain of a substance such as wood.