British English : rye Rye is a cereal grown in cold countries. Its grains can be used to make flour, bread, or other foods.One of the first crops that I grew when we came here was rye.raɪ NOUN
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a tall hardy widely cultivated annual grass, Secale cereale, having soft bluish-green leaves, bristly flower spikes, and light brown grain See also wild rye
the grain of this grass, used in making flour and whiskey, and as a livestock food
Also called : rye whiskey . whiskey distilled from rye. US whiskey must by law contain not less than 51 per cent rye
(US ) short for ryebread
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(dialect ) a gentleman
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a resort in SE England, in East Sussex: one of the Cinque Ports. Pop: 4195 (2001)