Synonyms of rice

Noun

1. rice, grain, food grain, cereal, starches

usage: grains used as food either unpolished or more often polished

2. rice, cereal, cereal grass

usage: annual or perennial rhizomatous marsh grasses; seed used for food; straw used for paper

3. Rice, Sir Tim Rice, Timothy Miles Bindon Rice

usage: English lyricist who frequently worked with Andrew Lloyd Webber (born in 1944)

4. Rice, Elmer Rice, Elmer Leopold Rice, Elmer Reizenstein

usage: United States playwright (1892-1967)

Verb

1. rice, sift, sieve, strain

usage: sieve so that it becomes the consistency of rice; "rice the potatoes"

Definition and meaning of rice (Dictionary)