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Word entry · 5 letters

grain

Best crossword clue

"Rice or wheat kernel"

5 letters · collected on this word page

5 lettersPronunciation /ɡɹeɪn/Part of speech verb, nounSorted aginrStarts with GEnds with N3 cluesVery common crossword word
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Definitions

  1. Seed of cereal plants, or a tiny particle.

Word origin

From Middle English greyn, grayn, grein, from Old French grain, grein, from Latin grānum (“seed”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵr̥h₂nóm (“grain”). Doublet of corn, gram, granum, and grao.

Used in a sentence

  • We stored a thousand tons of grain for the winter.
  • a grain of wheat
  • grains of oat

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Used as a crossword answer3 curated clues

01Rice or wheat kernel5 letters
02Tiny bit of sand5 letters
03Cereal seed5 letters

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