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As a noun, rice means cereal plants, Oryza sativa of the grass family whose seeds are used as food. As a verb, it means squeeze through a ricer.
Meanings of rice
13 meaningsnoun
Cereal plants, Oryza sativa of the grass family whose seeds are used as food.
A specific variety of this plant.
The seeds of this plant used as food.
slangethnic slurhumorousThe types of automobile modifications characteristic of a rice burner.
now chiefly dialectalScotlandIrelandA twig or stick.
Grains used as food either unpolished or more often polishedfood
Annual or perennial rhizomatous marsh grasses; seed used for food; straw used for paperplant
Older and rare meanings (1)
weavingobsoleteA bobbin or spool.
verb
To squeeze through a ricer; to mash or make into rice-sized pieces (especially potatoes).
To harvest wild rice (Zizania sp.)
computingTo customize the user interface of a computer system, e.g. a desktop environment.
Sieve so that it becomes the consistency of rice
“rice the potatoes”
Older and rare meanings (1)
rareTo throw rice at a person (usually at a wedding).
Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).