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grain

The correct spelling is grain.

How to pronounce grain

/ɡɹeɪn/
noun

IPA: /ɡɹeɪn/

Say it like: Gra-yn

The correct spelling is grain. The harvested seeds of various grass food crops eg: wheat, corn, barley. For example: "We stored a thousand tons of grain for the winter."

Usage Examples

We stored a thousand tons of grain for the winter.

a grain of wheat

The fields were planted with grain.

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.The harvested seeds of various grass food crops eg: wheat, corn, barley.
  2. 2.Similar seeds from any food crop, e.g., buckwheat, amaranth, quinoa.
  3. 3.A single seed of grass food crops.
  4. 4.The crops from which grain is harvested.
  5. 5.A linear texture of a material or surface.

verb

  1. 1.To feed grain to.
  2. 2.To make granular; to form into grains.
  3. 3.To form grains, or to assume a granular form, as the result of crystallization; to granulate.
  4. 4.To texture a surface in imitation of the grain of a substance such as wood.
  5. 5.(tanning) To remove the hair or fat from a skin.

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