rye
pronunciation
How to pronounce rye in British English:
UK [raɪ]
How to pronounce rye in American English:
US [raɪ]
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- Noun:
- the seed of the cereal grass
- hardy annual cereal grass widely cultivated in northern Europe where its grain is the chief ingredient of black bread and in North America for forage and soil improvement
- whiskey distilled from rye or rye and malt
Word Origin
- rye (n.)
- Old English ryge, from Proto-Germanic *ruig (cognates: Old Saxon roggo, Old Norse rugr, Old Frisian rogga, Middle Dutch rogghe, Old High German rocko, German Roggen), related to or from Balto-Slavic words (such as Old Church Slavonic ruži, Russian rozh' "rye;" Lithuanian rugys "grain of rye," plural rugiai), from a European PIE root *wrughyo- "rye." Meaning "whiskey" (made from rye) first attested 1835. Rye bread attested from mid-15c.
Example
- 1. He also refined a special combination of mashed corn , barley and rye to use as base ingredients .
- 2. It 's made with a rye flour crust that I pair with a simple mixed berry filling seasoned with a sprinkle of fresh thyme leaves .
- 3. By the time the lykovs were discovered , their staple diet was potato patties mixed with ground rye and hemp seeds .
- 4. This rye pie crust in particular is super adaptable - sometimes I sweetened it with a bit of sugar , or sprinkle sugar on top prior to baking .
- 5. Pitches planted with locally grown kikuyu grass will have to be dug up and replanted with lush european rye grass .