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.