Rice

What “Rice” means

Noun

1. Cereal plants, Oryza sativa of the grass family whose seeds are used as food.
2. A specific variety of this plant.
3. The seeds of this plant used as food.
4. The seeds of this plant used as food.
5. The types of automobile modifications characteristic of a rice burner.

Verb

1. To squeeze through a ricer; to mash or make into rice-sized pieces (especially potatoes).
2. To harvest wild rice (Zizania spp.)
3. To throw rice at a person (usually at a wedding).
4. To customize the user interface of a computer system, e.g. a desktop environment. (derived from rice out)

Noun

1. A twig or stick.
2. A bobbin or spool.

Where the word comes from

From Middle English rys, from Old French ris, from Old Italian riso, risi, from Byzantine Greek ὄρυζα (óruza), from an Eastern Iranian language related to Middle Persian blnc (*brinǰ), Northern Kurdish riz (beyond Euphrates) and Zazaki riz. Theorized to have come to Iranian languages from Sanskrit व्रीहि (vrīhi). Prior to Sanskrit, it is speculated to be possibly a borrowing from a Dravidian language (compare Proto-Dravidian *wariñci (“rice”)), or from Austroasiatic languages further east. Alternatively Byzantine Greek ὄρυζα (óruza) is said to be from Hebrew אורז (órez), from South Arabian areez ultimately from Old Tamil 𑀅𑀭𑀺𑀘𑀺 (arici). Doublet of arroz.

From Middle English ris, rys, from Old English hrīs (“branch; twig”), from Proto-Germanic *hrīsą (“bush; twig”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kreys- (“to turn; bend; wind; move; shake”). Cognate with Scots reise, rice (“twigs; brushwood”), West Frisian riis, rys, Dutch rijs (“little branch; twig; osier; whip”), German Low German Ries, German Reis (“twig; sprig; shoot”), Swedish ris (“twigs; brush; rod”), Icelandic hrís.

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Industries where “Rice” fits

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• Rice Milling