/raɪs/

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Meaning

Small white or brown grains that people cook in water and eat as food.

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Word origin

From Old French ris, from Latin oryza, from Greek oruza, a grain from the East.

Origin
Old French
Root
ris

Examples

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"Rice" is the small white grains we eat.

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Here "rice" is the food being cooked.

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"Rice" has no plural, so we say "much rice", not "many rices".

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This word is taught in chapter 21, lesson 12: rice, quality, snap and 6 more words.