Polyglot Dictionary

grain

/greɪn/

noun B1
N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
grains

Meaning

  1. grano

    • Rice is a staple grain.

      El arroz es un grano básico.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

cut to the chase

grain is a literal grain, like of wheat or rice; cut to the chase is an idiom meaning to get to the point — it shares the Spanish word "grano" (in "ir al grano"), but the meanings are unrelated.

Práctica

1 ¿Qué significa grain?

2 Completa el espacio en blanco: Rice is a staple ___.

3 ¿Qué gráfico de características corresponde a grain?

noun

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