Plural of rice
regular plural
The plural of rice is rices.
Forms of rice
| Singular | rice /ɹaɪs/ |
|---|---|
| Plural | rices |
| Countable | countable and uncountable |
Rices in a sentence
- First, we have the Italian rices; secondly, the rices of the French colonies of Indo-China and Madagascar, which are beginning to cultivate rices of very fine quality, altogether superior to those that were cultivated only a few years back.1922 April, L. Humbert, “America Has Hard Competition in France”, in Rice Journal and Southern Farmer, volume 25, number 4
- For commercial purposes, the rices are classified according to the kernel length as short-grain, medium-grain, longgrain and long-slender-grain.2000, R.K Singh, U.S. Singh, G.S. Khush, editors, Aromatic Rices
- Indica rices have longer grains that cook drier, like most Chinese and Indian rices.2014, E. N. Anderson, Food and Environment in Early and Medieval China, page 40. From the entry rices
- Some rices, also, already had the now-common genetic variant of the starch amylose that makes them cook up sticky.2014, E. N. Anderson, Food and Environment in Early and Medieval China, page 40. From the entry rices
Meaning of rice
- noun Cereal plants, Oryza sativa of the grass family whose seeds are used as food.
- noun A specific variety of this plant.
- noun The seeds of this plant used as food.
Questions about the plural of rice
- What is the plural of rice?
- The plural of rice is rices.
- Is rice countable?
- Rice is a countable and uncountable noun.
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