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Definition grain in British English

grain noun

noun
/ɡreɪn/
1

the seeds from crops such as wheat, rice, or barley that are used for food

Example

bags of mixed grain

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all-purpose flour arrowroot basmati
1.1

food crops such as wheat, rice, or barley

Example

golden fields of grain

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arable broadacre cash crop
1.2

an individual seed from one of these crops

Example

a grain of rice

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arable broadacre cash crop
2

a very small individual piece of a substance such as sand, salt, or sugar

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bit piece fragment
2.1

a very small amount of a quality or feeling

Example

There was more than a grain of truth in what he'd said.

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measure dash tinge
Example

There were deep cracks along the grain of the wood.

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arabesque argyle arrangement
4

an old unit for measuring weight, equal to 0.065 gram

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acre are area
Definition grain in British English