rice

[raɪs]

Definition:
1. Short, narrow white or brown grain grown on wet land in hot countries as food; the plant that produces this grain.

Use 'rice' in a sentence:

1. Wash the rice in cold water until the water runs clear.
2. It's important to rinse the rice to remove the starch.
3. Boil the rice for 20 minutes.
4. Under these laws, he said, Mr. Rice's assets could have been frozen.
5. She sat picking at her small plate of rice salad with an air of martyrdom.
6. Fish and rice were the mainstays of the country's diet.
7. Cook the rice according to instructions on the packet.
8. Japan will have to do a deal with the U.S. on rice imports.
9. The people cultivate mainly rice and beans.
10. When the rice isn't cooked properly it goes lumpy and gooey.
11. The diet was frugal: cheese and water, rice and beans.
12. We pass villages clustered around wet rice fields.
13. Rice is the staple food of more than half the world's population.
14. Put some rice on now.
15. Vietnam has emerged as the world's third-biggest rice exporter.
16. I didn't know they grew rice in France.
17. Serve hot, with pasta or rice and French beans.
18. Japan will have to do a deal with America on rice imports.
19. Leave the vegetables to steam over the rice for the 20 minutes cooking time.
20. The vegetables are stirred into the rice while it is hot.
21. Unrefined carbohydrates include brown rice and other grains.
22. Our main export is rice.
23. Their daily diet consisted of a lump of stale bread, a bowl of rice, and stale water.
24. We eat rice every single day.
25. He ate a simple dinner of rice and beans.
26. Leave the rice to cook for 20 minutes.
27. Would you prefer rice or noodles?
28. Staples such as bread, rice, and tea are already being rationed.
29. There were low banks of earth between the rice fields.
30. We existed on a diet of rice.
31. The bride and groom were showered with rice as they left the church.
32. Could you give the rice a stir?
33. Rice aspired to go to college.
34. Farmers grow rice in the rich soil.
35. As a rough guide, allow half a cup of rice per person.
36. Heat the curry thoroughly and serve it on a bed of rice.
37. Mines have been scattered in rice paddies and jungles, maiming and killing civilians.
38. The sudden appearance of a few bags of rice could start a riot.
39. They were showered with rice in the traditional manner.
40. He will offer the first harvest of rice to the sun goddess.
41. Rice flour makes the cake less likely to crumble.
42. Rice farmers here still plant and harvest their crops by hand.
43. The staple crop is rice.