GRAIN
What does "GRAIN" mean?
A small hard seed of a cereal plant such as wheat, rice, or corn.
Meanings
- The seed of a food crop like wheat, oats, or barley, collectively or singly. The silo was filled with last season's grain.
- A single tiny particle of a hard substance, such as sand or salt. A grain of sand had worked into the gears.
- The pattern of lines and fibers in wood, stone, or fabric. Sand the board along the grain, not across it.
- A very small amount of something abstract. There wasn't a grain of truth in his story. figurative
- The smallest traditional unit of weight, about 65 milligrams. The aspirin was measured at five grains. technical
Did you know?
- The 'grain' is the oldest unit in the avoirdupois and troy systems, and it really did begin as the weight of one cereal seed - 7,000 grains make a single pound.
Word origin
From Latin 'granum', a seed or kernel, via Old French 'grain' - the same root behind 'granary', 'granule', 'pomegranate', and 'grenade'.
Remember it
GRAIN holds a 'RAIN' - the rain that makes the grain grow in the field.
A little poem
One seed in the palm-
the whole gold field is sleeping
in a thing this small.
haiku
Wordplay
- I asked the carpenter to take my advice with a grain of salt. He said sure, but he prefers to follow the grain.
What it teaches
Whole harvests and whole truths are both measured one small grain at a time.
Quick facts
What does GRAIN mean?
A small hard seed of a cereal plant such as wheat, rice, or corn.
Is GRAIN a valid word?
Yes — GRAIN is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is GRAIN?
GRAIN has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does GRAIN come from?
From Latin 'granum', a seed or kernel, via Old French 'grain' - the same root behind 'granary', 'granule', 'pomegranate', and 'grenade'.
What can GRAIN teach us?
Whole harvests and whole truths are both measured one small grain at a time.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.