rice /rais/

Meaning

English definition

• (n.) grains used as food either unpolished or more often polished
• (n.) annual or perennial rhizomatous marsh grasses; seed used for food; straw used for paper
• (n.) English lyricist who frequently worked with Andrew Lloyd Webber (born in 1944)

Chinese translation

• n. 米, 米饭, 稻
• vt. 将...压成米粒状

Word details

Part of speech

noun

Pronunciation

/rais/

Syllables

1

Exam levels

Middle-school · Gaokao · IELTS

Frequency

Zipf 4.55 · Rare

Word forms

ricing, riced, rices

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