rice - English word #522

Translation

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

Word origin

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

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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".

food

Food is anything that people or animals eat to stay alive and grow.

eat

To put food in your mouth and swallow it.

cook

To make food ready to eat by using heat.

water

The clear liquid that falls as rain and that people and animals drink to live.

kitchen

The room in a house where you cook and prepare food.

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