rye

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A noun referring to a cereal grain used for making bread, whiskey, and animal feed, or the grass that produces this grain.

• 🇩🇪Getreideart, deren Körner zur Herstellung von Brot, Whisky und Tierfutter verwendet werden, oder die Pflanze, die dieses Getreide hervorbringt.

1. Cereal grain B1 formal

   The seed of the cereal grass Secale cereale, used for making bread, whiskey, and animal feed.

   • Rye is a key ingredient in traditional European black bread.
   • Farmers in northern Europe cultivate rye for its hardy nature.
   • The grain is ground into flour for baking rye bread.

   🇩🇪Roggen

2. Cereal plant B1 formal

   A hardy annual cereal grass widely cultivated in northern Europe for its grain, used in bread and forage, and in North America for soil improvement.

   • Rye grows well in poor soil conditions where other grains fail.
   • The field was planted with rye for winter cover.
   • This variety of rye is particularly resistant to cold weather.

   🇩🇪Roggen

3. Whiskey B2 informal american

   A type of whiskey distilled from rye grain or a mixture of rye and malt.

   • He ordered a glass of rye on the rocks.
   • Canadian rye is known for its smooth flavor.
   • The bartender recommended a rye whiskey for the cocktail.

   🇩🇪Rye Whiskey

   Synonyme: rye whiskeyrye whisky

• ryes plural form
• ryes' possessive plural form
• rye's possessive singular form