Rice

Meaning
A swamp grass which is widely cultivated as a source of food, especially in asia.
Pronunciation
UK raɪs
US raɪs
Example Sentences
- Glutinous rice played an important role when building the wall.
- Their agricultural products are rice, beans, coffee, fruit, and tomatoes.
- The basic ingredients to make spring rolls are thin noodles or vermicelli, rice flour, soy sauce, mint, lettuce, tofu, carrots and capsicum.
- Rice grows very well in China and in Southeast Asia.
- So, many people who live in China and Southeast Asia grow rice, which they then sell to people around the world.
- If you live in the African desert and you want to eat rice, you are dependent on other people to grow that rice and sell it to you.
- They also have popular desserts such as "[Khao] [Niao] [Mamuang]" or mango sticky rice made with a bed of sticky rice at the bottom with a fresh mango cut into slices on top and finished off with a drizzle of sweet coconut milk;
- One popular noodle soup, "[Guay] [Teow]," is made from rice noodles or egg noodles with beef, pork, and chicken stock.
- [It's] a noodle dish made from wide and thick rice noodles that is stir fried in dark soy sauce with either pork, chicken, or beef and Chinese broccoli or cabbage.
- "[Khao] Lam" which is Bamboo sticky rice, is served inside a bamboo stick roasted in charcoal.
Learn Rice in Context
Breakfast Around the WorldDo you eat the same breakfast every day? People around the world eat very different breakfasts. In Japan, people eat rice in the morning. They also eat fish and warm soup. In China, people eat dumplin...Read story
Why People Like RiceMore than half the world eats rice every day! Rice is a popular food everywhere. Rice is easy to cook. You can add water and heat it. Rice tastes good with meat and vegetables. It is also good with fi...Read story
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