cereal
pronunciation
How to pronounce cereal in British English:
UK [ˈsɪəriəl]
How to pronounce cereal in American English:
US [ˈsɪriəl]
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- Noun:
- grass whose starchy grains are used as food: wheat; rice; rye; oats; maize; buckwheat; millet
- foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses
- a breakfast food prepared from grain
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- Adjective:
- made of grain or relating to grain or the plants that produce it
Word Origin
- cereal
- cereal: [19] Cereal is a comparatively modern introduction of the Latin adjective cereālis ‘of grain’, which was derived from the name of Cerēs, the Roman goddess of agriculture (identified with Greek Demeter). It has, needless to say, no connection with serial (see SERIES).
- cereal (n.)
- 1832, "grass yielding edible grain," originally an adjective (1818) "having to do with edible grain," from French céréale (16c., "of Ceres;" 18c. in grain sense), from Latin Cerealis "of grain," originally "of Ceres," from Ceres, Italic goddess of agriculture, from PIE *ker-es-, from root *ker- (3) "to grow" (see crescent). The application to breakfast food cereal made from grain is American English, 1899.
Example
- 1. Could chinese consumers be swapping congee for cereal at breakfast ?
- 2. In fractious northern uganda cereal output is likely to fall by half .
- 3. Cereal companies can do better .
- 4. Mom makes cereal and toast .
- 5. Mix half a cup of blueberries into your morning cereal .