noun
- small white or brown grains from a cereal plant, used as food
- the plant that produces rice grains
verb
- to force food through small holes to make it look like rice grains
Usage: cooking
Examples
- We had chicken and rice for dinner.
- Brown rice is more nutritious than white rice.
- Rice is a staple food in many Asian countries.
- The farmers planted rice in the flooded fields.
- She learned to rice potatoes using a special tool.
- A bowl of steamed rice accompanied the meal.
- Rice paddies covered the valley floor.