Cereal

Pronunciation

• IPA: ˈsɪəɹiːəɫ
• Homophones: serial

Origin

From French céréale ("having to do with cereal"), from Latin Cerealis ("of or relating to Ceres"), from Ceres ("Roman goddess of agriculture"), from Proto-Indo-European *ker- ("grow"), from which also Latin sincerus (English sincere) and Latin crēscō ("grow") (English crescent).

Full definition of cereal

Noun

1. (countable) A type of grass (such as wheat, rice or oats) cultivated for its edible grains.
2. (uncountable) The grains of such a grass.
3. (uncountable) Breakfast cereal.Would you like some cereal?
4. (countable) A particular type of breakfast cereal.Which cereal would you like for breakfast?

Hyponyms

Derived terms

• cereal bar
• cereal dust
• cereal killer
• pseudocereal

Related terms

• crescent
• sincere

Anagrams

• claree
• cleare
• relace