Grain

//ɡɹeɪn//

Synonyms for "grain" (396 found)

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Strong matches (118)

description designation detritus dharma diathesis dip disintegrate disposition distemper dog food dole dot double-dye dram dribble driblet drop droplet dwarf dye

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Noun(8 words)

diddly draff flip food grain grano grao halfpennyworth lick

Verb(2 words)

granulate ingrain

Related words (198)

little little bit lot lota make makeup manner mark mash mass meal mental set mettle microbe microorganism midge mill mind mind-set minim

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minimum minutia minutiae mite modicum mold molecule morsel mote mould moulder mouldy nap nature nub number nut nutshell oats ornamental grass ounce paint parget particle pasturage pasture pattern pebble persuasion pestle pet food phylum physique pigment pile pinch pinhead pinpoint pip pit pittance pock point pound powder predilection predisposition preference prime proclivity propensity property protuberance provender pulverize quality race reduce to powder reed roughen rush sand scintilla scrap scratch scratch feed scrunch scruple seed set shade shadow shag shape shard shellac shingle shred silage slant slop on paint slops smash smear smidgen smidgin smitch smooth snip snippet somatotype sort soupcon species speck spirit spoonful spot squash stain stamp stipple stone strain straw streak stripe structure style suchness suggestion surface surface texture swill system taste temper temperament tendency tenor the like of the likes of thimbleful tinct tincture tinge tint tiny bit tittle tone tooth trace tribe trifling amount triturate trivia turn turn of mind twist type undercoat unit vanishing point variety varnish vein wale warp wash way weave weight wheat whit whitewash woof

Noun(22 words)

metric grain mustard seed ooch pennyworth relish scantling scooch skerrick skoosh skosh sliver soupçon spark sprinkling tad texture toddick touch trifle troy grain

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tuppence worth white chip

Related word relations

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12 relation types

More general

34 entries

apothecaries' unit apothecaries' weight atom avoirdupois unit cereal cereal grass change form change shape composition constitution corpuscle deform food food product foodstuff form

Showing 16 of 34 words.

More specific

8 entries

barley maize millet oat rice rye sorghum wheat

Synonyms

3 entries

granulate ingrain texture

Related terms

22 entries

cereal coarse-grained combine field fine-grained garnet grain alcohol grain car grain neutral spirit grain spirit grains of paradise granary granular granularity granulate granulation

Showing 16 of 22 words.

derived

71 entries

against the grain ancient grain argyrophilic grain disease end grain feed grain feedgrain felt grain foodgrain go against the grain grain beetle grain boundary grain corn grain elevator grain engulfment grain entrapment grain itch

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etymologically related_to

1 entries

corn

has context

6 entries

botany founding materials photography tanning videography

is a

13 entries

apothecaries unit atom avoirdupois unit cereal foodstuff leather metric weight unit seed smallness texture troy unit unit of measure unit of measure for weight

manner of

1 entries

paint

part of

4 entries

decigram dram pennyweight scruple

receives action

2 entries

dried in grain bin found on farm

related to

162 entries

all cereals amaranth amber amber waves animal animal feed barb barley branch bread bread ingredient buckwheat carat carat grain carbohydrate category

Showing 16 of 162 words.

Translations

346 translations across 100 languages.

Akkadian

1 entries

𒊺 noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)

Albanian

1 entries

drithë noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)

Ancient Greek

4 entries

κόκκος noun (single seed of grain)
κόκκος noun (single particle of a substance)
σῖτος noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)
ἀκτή noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)

Arabic

4 entries

تَجْزِيع noun (linear texture of material or surface)
تَعْرِيق noun (linear texture of material or surface)
حَبَة noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)
حُبُوب noun (crops from which grain is harvested)

Armenian

3 entries

հատիկ noun (single seed of grain)
հատիկ noun (single particle of a substance)
հացահատիկ noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)

Aromanian

1 entries

grãn noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)

Azerbaijani

4 entries

dən noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)
dən noun (single seed of grain)
dənə noun (single seed of grain)
taxıl noun (crops from which grain is harvested)

Bashkir

4 entries

ашлыҡ noun (crops from which grain is harvested)
бөртөк noun (single seed of grain)
бөртөк noun (single particle of a substance)
иген noun (crops from which grain is harvested)

Basque

3 entries

ale noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)
bihi noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)
garau noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)

Belarusian

4 entries

драбі́нка noun (single particle of a substance)
жы́та noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)
збо́жжа noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)
зерне́ noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)

Bengali

1 entries

শস্য noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)

Bulgarian

4 entries

гран noun (unit of mass notionally based on grain's weight)
зрънце noun (single seed of grain)
зърнени храни noun (crops from which grain is harvested)
зърнистост noun (linear texture of material or surface)

Burmese

3 entries

အစေ့ noun (single seed of grain)
အဆန် noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)
အဆန် noun (single seed of grain)

Catalan

4 entries

cereal noun (crops from which grain is harvested)
gra noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)
gra noun (single seed of grain)
gra noun (single particle of a substance)

Chechen

1 entries

буьртиг noun (single seed of grain)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

穀物 /谷物 noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)
穀類 /谷类 noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)
粒 noun (single particle of a substance)
糧食 /粮食 noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)

Czech

4 entries

grán noun (unit of mass notionally based on grain's weight)
obilí noun (crops from which grain is harvested)
zrnitost noun (linear texture of material or surface)
zrnko noun (single seed of grain)

Dalmatian

1 entries

grun noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)

Danish

1 entries

korn noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)

Dutch

4 entries

graan noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)
graan noun (crops from which grain is harvested)
graankorrel noun (single seed of grain)
grein noun (unit of mass notionally based on grain's weight)

Egyptian

1 entries

sSr-Z1-U9:Z2ss noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)

Esperanto

4 entries

ero noun (single particle of a substance)
grajno noun (single seed of grain)
grajno noun (single particle of a substance)
grano noun (unit of mass notionally based on grain's weight)

Estonian

2 entries

tera noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)
teravili noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)

Finnish

4 entries

graani noun (unit of mass notionally based on grain's weight)
jyvä noun (single seed of grain)
jyvä noun (single particle of a substance)
jyvänen noun (single particle of a substance)

French

4 entries

grain noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)
grain noun (single seed of grain)
grain noun (linear texture of material or surface)
grain noun (single particle of a substance)

Galician

4 entries

gran noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)
gran noun (single seed of grain)
gran noun (crops from which grain is harvested)
gran noun (linear texture of material or surface)

Georgian

1 entries

მარცვალი noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)

German

4 entries

Getreide noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)
Getreide noun (crops from which grain is harvested)
Gran noun (unit of mass notionally based on grain's weight)
Grän noun (unit of mass notionally based on grain's weight)

Gothic

1 entries

𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌽 noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)

Greek

4 entries

δημητριακά noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)
κόκκος noun (single particle of a substance)
σιτηρά noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)
σπυρί noun (single seed of grain)

Haitian Creole

1 entries

grenn noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)

Hebrew

4 entries

בָּר noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)
גַּרְגִּיר noun (single seed of grain)
גַּרְגִּיר noun (single particle of a substance)
דָּגָן noun (crops from which grain is harvested)

Hindi

3 entries

अनाज noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)
अन्न noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)
धान्य noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)

Hungarian

2 entries

gabona noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)
szemer noun (unit of mass notionally based on grain's weight)

Icelandic

2 entries

korn noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)
korn noun (single seed of grain)

Irish

2 entries

grán noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)
snáithe noun (linear texture of material or surface)

Italian

2 entries

grano, granello noun (single particle of a substance)
seme noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)

Japanese

4 entries

木目 noun (linear texture of material or surface)
種 noun (single seed of grain)
穀物 noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)
穀類 noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)

Javanese

1 entries

wiji noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)

Kazakh

2 entries

астық noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)
дән noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)

Khiamniungan Naga

2 entries

vêi noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)
vēipèm noun (single seed of grain)

Khmer

2 entries

គ្រាប់ noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)
គ្រាប់ noun (single seed of grain)

Korean

1 entries

곡물 noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)

Kumyk

3 entries

ашлыкъ noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)
бюртюк noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)
урлукъ noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)

Kyrgyz

1 entries

дан noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)

Ladin

1 entries

blava noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)

Lao

2 entries

ເມັດ noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)
ເມັດ noun (single seed of grain)

Latgalian

3 entries

gryudi noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)
gryuds noun (single seed of grain)
maize noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)

Latin

2 entries

frūmentum noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)
grānum noun (single seed of grain)

Latvian

3 entries

graudi noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)
grauds noun (single seed of grain)
labība noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)

Lingala

1 entries

mbuma noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)

Lithuanian

3 entries

grūdai noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)
grūdas noun (single seed of grain)
javai noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)

Low German

1 entries

Koorn noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)

Macedonian

4 entries

дрвни влакна noun (linear texture of material or surface)
жи́то noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)
житарки noun (crops from which grain is harvested)
зрно noun (single seed of grain)

Malay

2 entries

biji noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)
butir noun (single particle of a substance)

Marathi

1 entries

धान्य noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)

Megleno-Romanian

1 entries

grǫn noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)

Mongolian

3 entries

будаа noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)
ширхэг noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)
үр noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)

Māori

3 entries

kakano noun (linear texture of material or surface)
pata noun (single seed of grain)
tōpata noun (single particle of a substance)

Ngombe (Congo)

1 entries

mbuma noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)

Norwegian

1 entries

korn noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)

Occitan

1 entries

gran noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)

Old Church Slavonic

2 entries

жито noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)
зрьно noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)

Old English

2 entries

corn noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)
corn noun (single seed of grain)

Old Irish

1 entries

grán noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)

Oromo

1 entries

mindhaan noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)

Ossetian

1 entries

нӕмыг noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)

Persian

4 entries

خرمن noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)
خواب noun (linear texture of material or surface)
دانه noun (single seed of grain)
غلات noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)

Polabian

1 entries

zaitü noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)

Polish

4 entries

gran noun (unit of mass notionally based on grain's weight)
mazerunek noun (linear texture of material or surface)
zboże noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)
ziarenko noun (single particle of a substance)

Portuguese

4 entries

cereal noun (crops from which grain is harvested)
glóbulo noun (single particle of a substance)
granularidade noun (linear texture of material or surface)
grão noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)

Romanian

3 entries

bob noun (single seed of grain)
cereală noun (crops from which grain is harvested)
grăunte noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)

Russian

4 entries

гран noun (unit of mass notionally based on grain's weight)
грануля́ция noun (linear texture of material or surface)
жи́то noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)
зерни́стость noun (linear texture of material or surface)

Sanskrit

3 entries

कण noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)
कण noun (single particle of a substance)
धान्य noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries

gràine noun (single seed of grain)
gràine noun (single particle of a substance)
gràn noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)
gràn noun (crops from which grain is harvested)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

zȑno noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)
žȉto noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)
жи̏то noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)
зр̏но noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)

Sidamo

1 entries

gide noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)

Slovak

1 entries

zrno noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)

Slovene

2 entries

zrno noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)
žito noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)

Southern Altai

1 entries

аш noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)

Spanish

4 entries

cereal noun (crops from which grain is harvested)
grano noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)
grano noun (single seed of grain)
grano noun (single particle of a substance)

Swahili

4 entries

kilo noun (unit of mass notionally based on grain's weight)
nafaka noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)
nafaka noun (single seed of grain)
lisha verb (to feed grain to)

Swedish

4 entries

gran noun (unit of mass notionally based on grain's weight)
gran noun (unit of length notionally based on a grain's width)
gryn noun (single seed of grain)
gryn noun (single particle of a substance)

Tagalog

2 entries

butil noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)
grano noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)

Tajik

2 entries

дон noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)
ғалла noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)

Tatar

2 entries

ашлык noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)
бөртек noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)

Telugu

1 entries

గింజ noun (single seed of grain)

Thai

4 entries

ธัญ noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)
เกรน noun (unit of mass notionally based on grain's weight)
เมล็ด noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)
เมล็ด noun (single seed of grain)

Tigrinya

2 entries

እኽሊ noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)
እኽሊ noun (single seed of grain)

Tocharian B

2 entries

tāno noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)
ysāre noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)

Turkish

2 entries

habbe noun (single seed of grain)
tahıl noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)

Turkmen

3 entries

digir noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)
däne noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)
galla noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)

Ukrainian

4 entries

дрі́бка noun (single particle of a substance)
жи́то noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)
збі́жжя noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)
зе́рня noun (single particle of a substance)

Urdu

2 entries

اناج noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)
دانہ noun (single seed of grain)

Uzbek

2 entries

don noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)
gʻalla noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)

Vietnamese

3 entries

hạt noun (single seed of grain)
hột noun (single seed of grain)
ngũ cốc noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)

Welsh

4 entries

grawn noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)
gronyn noun (single seed of grain)
ŷd noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)
ŷd noun (crops from which grain is harvested)

Yiddish

3 entries

גרײַפּל noun (single seed of grain)
קערל noun (single seed of grain)
קערנדל noun (single seed of grain)

Zazaki

2 entries

xerman noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)
ğele (diq) noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)

Zulu

4 entries

imbewu noun (single seed of grain)
inhlamvu noun (single seed of grain)
inhlamvu noun (single particle of a substance)
izinhlamvu noun (harvested seeds of various grass-related food crops)

Sample sentences

25 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Rye was called the grain of poverty.

Source: tatoeba (1533)

The farmer longs for the day when the grain ripens.

Source: tatoeba (44524)

As usual the peasants are busy scattering grain seeds.

Source: tatoeba (66109)

We import grain from the United States.

Source: tatoeba (247873)

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Grain

Synonyms for "grain" (396 found)

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Strong matches (118)

Related words (198)

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Translations

Akkadian

Albanian

Ancient Greek

Arabic

Armenian

Aromanian

Azerbaijani

Bashkir

Basque

Belarusian

Bengali

Bulgarian

Burmese

Catalan

Chechen

Chinese Mandarin

Czech

Dalmatian

Danish

Dutch

Egyptian

Esperanto

Estonian

Finnish

French

Galician

Georgian

German

Gothic

Greek

Haitian Creole

Hebrew

Hindi

Hungarian

Icelandic

Irish

Italian

Japanese

Javanese

Kazakh

Khiamniungan Naga

Khmer

Korean

Kumyk

Kyrgyz

Ladin

Lao

Latgalian

Latin

Latvian

Lingala

Lithuanian

Low German

Macedonian

Malay

Marathi

Megleno-Romanian

Mongolian

Māori

Ngombe (Congo)

Norwegian