Definition of Cereal

1. Adjective. Made of grain or relating to grain or the plants that produce it. "Cereal grasses"

Partainyms: Grain

2. Noun. Grass whose starchy grains are used as food: wheat; rice; rye; oats; maize; buckwheat; millet.

3. Noun. Foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses.

4. Noun. A breakfast food prepared from grain.
Generic synonyms: Breakfast Food
Specialized synonyms: Pablum, Hot Cereal, Cold Cereal, Dry Cereal

Definition of Cereal

1. a. Of or pertaining to the grasses which are cultivated for their edible seeds (as wheat, maize, rice, etc.), or to their seeds or grain.

2. n. Any grass cultivated for its edible grain, or the grain itself; -- usually in the plural.

Definition of Cereal

1. Noun. A type of grass (such as wheat, rice or oats) cultivated for its edible grains. ¹

2. Noun. The grains of such a grass. ¹

3. Noun. Breakfast cereal. ¹

4. Noun. A particular type of breakfast cereal. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cereal

1. a food made from grain [n -S]

Medical Definition of Cereal

1. Those grasses which yield edible seeds commonly recognised as food grains. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cereal

cercopithecid
cercopithecidae
cercopithecids
cercopithecinae
cercopithecine
cercopithecines
cercopithecoid
cercopithecoids
cercopithecus
cercopithecus aethiops
cercopod
cercopods
cercus
cere
cerea flexibilitas
cereal (current term)
cereal bar
cereal bars
cereal bowl
cereal box
cereal oat
cerealin
cerealogist
cerealogists
cerealogy
cereals
cerebation
cerebations
cerebella

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