grain

English [ɡre?n] American [ɡre?n]?

n. Cereal; grain; granule; fine grain; small amount; trace amount ;A little bit

Plural: grains

Extended information:

n.? (noun)

grain, corn

Both words mean "grain" and "grain". The difference is:

1. Grain generally refers to "food crops" and also refers to "granular materials"; while corn can refer to "grains of wheat, oats, etc." For example:

China grows most of the grains the world knows.

Corn includes such grains as wheat, barley and oats. Grains include these categories, such as wheat, barley and oats.

2. Corn is synonymous with grain in the UK, but only refers to "corn" in the United States and Australia. For example:

He grew a field of corn.

There are many feed grains in the house.

corn, crop, grain

molecule, atom, particle, speck, grain

Example sentences:

1. There's? more? than?a?grain?of?truth?in?that.?

There is a profound truth in it.

2. Brush?the?paint?generously?over?the?wood?in?the?direction?of?the?grain.?

Brush along the grain of the wood A thick coat of paint.

3. Privatisation?goes?against?the?grain?of?their?principle?of?opposition?to?private?ownership?of?industry.?

Privatization has It goes against their principle of opposing industrial private ownership.

4. Corn?is?America's?most?important?grain.?

Corn is America's most important grain.

5. The farmers will be paid for their grain in cash, instead of IOUs.

Pay in cash, not a note.