rice
gb/ɹˈaɪs/ us/ɹˈaɪs/
A1
English
~ 3600
rizs, áttör, rizsszemnyi darabokra aprít
NOUN
A1
1
rizs
A1
Usage pattern:
[someone] eats/cooks rice
Rice is the main food for millions of people around the world.
A rizs milliók alapvető élelmiszere szerte a világon.
She served grilled chicken with a side of steamed rice.
Grillezett csirkét tálalt párolt rizs körettel.
Brown rice is considered healthier than white rice.
We bought a large bag of rice from the market.
The recipe calls for two cups of uncooked rice.
Learner examples
I eat rice every day.
Mindennap rizst eszem.
We have rice with fish.
Hal mellé rizst eszünk.
He cooks rice for dinner.
Rice is white or brown.
She likes rice with vegetables.
Common mistake:
Learners sometimes confuse 'rice' (uncountable) with 'a rice'. In English, we say 'some rice' or 'a grain of rice', not 'a rice'.
Meaning
Edible grain from the rice plant
Collocations
boiled rice
|steamed rice
|rice dish
|rice bowl
|rice cooker
Synonyms
grain (A general term for small edible seeds, not specific to rice.)
Antonyms
wheat (A different cereal grain commonly used for bread rather than as boiled whole seeds.)
Themes
food
|daily life
|cooking
|food_drink
|daily_life
|core_vocabulary
Definition
Small white or brown seeds that people cook and eat as food.
A starchy cereal grain obtained from the cultivated grass Oryza sativa, commonly used as food.
VERB
B2
2
Usage pattern:
to rice [food]
After boiling the potatoes, she riced them for the mashed potato dish.
Miután megfőzte a burgonyát, áttörte a püréhez.
The chef prefers to rice cauliflower instead of chopping it.
A séf szívesebben aprítja rizsszemnyi darabokra a karfiolt, mint hogy egyszerűen felvágja.
You should rice the sweet potatoes while they're still hot.
Learner examples
Rice the potatoes before adding butter.
Törd át a burgonyát, mielőtt hozzáadod a vajat.
He riced the cauliflower for the salad.
Rizsszemnyi darabokra aprította a karfiolt a salátához.
We will rice the carrots for the soup.
Common mistake:
Learners may confuse 'rice' as a verb with adding rice to something, but it refers to using a ricer tool.
Meaning
To press food through a ricer
Collocations
rice the potatoes
|riced cauliflower
|riced vegetables
Synonyms
mash (More general term for crushing soft food, without necessarily using a ricer.)
Antonyms
slice (Cutting food into flat pieces rather than pressing it into small bits.)
Themes
cooking
|food
|food_drink
|daily_life
Definition
To press soft food through a special tool to make it into small pieces like grains of rice.
To force cooked food, especially potatoes, through a small-holed utensil called a ricer to create small, rice-like pieces.
Grammar
Dictionary form
rice
IPA
GB/ɹˈaɪs/
US/ɹˈaɪs/
Syllables & stress
rice (1 syllable)
Stress on 1st syllable (rice)
Word forms
Noun
- Base: rice
- Plural: rice, rices
Word family
Expressions
rice and beans
1/ɹˈaɪs ˈænd bˈinz/
fixed phrase
Meal made of rice and beans
A dish that has both rice and beans together, common in many countries.
Examples
- Rice and beans is a staple food in many Latin American countries.
- For dinner we had rice and beans with chicken.
rice paddy
1/ɹˈaɪs pˈædi/
fixed phrase
Flooded field for growing rice
A wet field where farmers grow rice plants.
Examples
- The village is surrounded by green rice paddies.
- Farmers were planting seedlings in the rice paddy.
rice paper
1/ɹˈaɪs pˈeɪpɚ/
fixed phrase
Thin edible or craft sheet from rice starch
A very thin sheet made from rice, used in cooking or for art.
Examples
- The spring rolls were wrapped in rice paper.
- He painted on delicate sheets of rice paper.