1. a cereal grain used for food, animal feed, and making beer and whiskey

Examples

• The farmer planted barley in the north field this spring.
• Barley is a key ingredient in brewing beer.
• She added pearl barley to the vegetable soup.
• The cattle were fed a mixture of corn and barley.
• Barley bread was a staple food in ancient times.
• The distillery uses malted barley to make whiskey.