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short-grain

short-grain adjective: of rice, characterized by its small, plump and rounded grains, typically shorter than 5.5 mm.

Adjective

short-grain (comparative shorter-grain, superlative shortest-grain)

  1. Of rice, characterized by its small, plump and rounded grains, typically shorter than 5.5 mm.
    Antonyms:
    long-grain

Antonyms of short-grain

Forms of short-grain

comparativeshorter-grain
superlativeshortest-grain
alternative formshort-grained

Questions about short-grain

What does short-grain mean?
Short-grain means of rice, characterized by its small, plump and rounded grains, typically shorter than 5.5 mm.
What part of speech is short-grain?
Short-grain is an adjective.

Words near short-grain in the dictionary

  1. short-finned eel
  2. short-finned eels
  3. short-finned pilot whale
  4. short-finned pilot whales
  5. short-form
  6. short-grain
  7. short-grained
  8. short-haired
  9. short-haired bumblebee
  10. short-haired bumblebees
  11. short-hand

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