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English noun: rice | |||
| 1. | rice (food) grains used as food either unpolished or more often polished | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | cereal, food grain, grain, starches | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | brown rice, paddy, polished rice, white rice | ||
| Part meronym | cultivated rice, Oryza sativa | ||
| 2. | rice (plant) annual or perennial rhizomatous marsh grasses; seed used for food; straw used for paper | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | cereal, cereal grass | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | cultivated rice, Oryza sativa | ||
| Member meronym | genus Oryza, Oryza | ||
| Substance holonym | rice beer, sake, saki | ||
| 3. | Rice (person) English lyricist who frequently worked with Andrew Lloyd Webber (born in 1944) | ||
| Synonyms | Sir Tim Rice, Timothy Miles Bindon Rice | ||
| Instance hypernym | lyricist, lyrist | ||
| 4. | Rice (person) United States playwright (1892-1967) | ||
| Synonyms | Elmer Leopold Rice, Elmer Reizenstein, Elmer Rice | ||
| Instance hypernym | dramatist, playwright | ||
English verb: rice | |||
| 1. | rice (contact) sieve so that it becomes the consistency of rice | ||
| Samples | Rice the potatoes. | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | sieve, sift, strain | ||
| Domain category | cookery, cooking, preparation | ||
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