Word.ws English Dictionary

shortest-grain

shortest-grain is the superlative form of short-grain.

Meaning of short-grain

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

Questions about shortest-grain

What is shortest-grain the superlative form of?
Shortest-grain is the superlative form of short-grain.

Words near shortest-grain in the dictionary

  1. shortest haul
  2. shortest remaining time
  3. shortest remaining times
  4. shortest-acting
  5. shortest-distance
  6. shortest-grain
  7. shortest-grained
  8. shortest-haired
  9. shortest-haul
  10. shortest-lived
  11. shortest-run

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: shortest-grain (page history and authors); short-grain (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “shortest-grain.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/shortest-grain. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.