paddy

A noun referring to a flooded field used for growing rice, or to rice that is still in its husk, either harvested or still in the field.

• 🇪🇸Sustantivo que designa un campo inundado de agua para el cultivo de arroz, o el arroz que aún conserva la cáscara, ya sea cosechado o todavía en el campo.

1. Rice field B1 formal

   A flooded or irrigated field used for growing rice.

   • The farmers worked in the paddy fields under the hot sun.
   • Terraced paddies are common in mountainous regions of Asia.
   • The water level in the paddy must be carefully controlled.

   🇪🇸Campo de arroz inundado

   Sinónimos: paddy fieldrice paddy

2. Unmilled rice B2 formal

   Rice that still has its husk, either harvested or still growing in the field.

   • The mill processes paddy into white rice.
   • They stored the harvested paddy in large silos.
   • The price of paddy fluctuates with the season.

   🇪🇸Arroz con cáscara (sin descascarillar)

• paddies plural form
• paddies' possessive plural form
• paddy's possessive singular form