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Definition of 'rye'Noun
A grain used extensively in Europe for making bread, beer, and (now generally) for animal fodder.
The grass Secale cereale from which the grain is obtained.
Rye bread.
(US|Canada) Rye whiskey.
* 1939 , (Raymond Chandler), The Big Sleep , Penguin 2011, p. 159:
- I bought a pint of rye at the liquor counter and carried it over to the stools and set it down on the cracked marble counter.
Caraway
Ryegrass, any of the species of Lolium .
A disease of hawks.
- (Ainsworth)
Derived terms
* ryegrass
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