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How to pronounce “rice”

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Pronunciation guide for rice

Learning goal
Practice the English pronunciation of rice with real speech in context.
Available examples
8 YouTube examples
Real speech example
The Power of Beliefs in Businessor you're selling rice from a street stand in Jamaica.
Definition summary
(uncountable) Cereal plants, Oryza sativa of the grass family whose seeds are used as food.

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How to pronounce rice

The Power of Beliefs in Business

or you're selling rice from a street stand in Jamaica.

Example Sentences

A Deep Dive Into “rice”

Meaning

  • [Noun]
  • (uncountable) Cereal plants, Oryza sativa of the grass family whose seeds are used as food.
  • (countable) A specific variety of this plant.
  • (uncountable) The seeds of this plant used as food.
  • (uncountable, slang, ethnic slur, humorous) The types of automobile modifications characteristic of a rice burner.
  • (computing, slang) An instance of customization of a user interface.
  • [Verb]
  • (transitive) To squeeze through a ricer; to mash or make into rice-sized pieces (especially potatoes).
  • (intransitive) To harvest wild rice (Zizania spp.)
  • (rare) To throw rice at a person (usually at a wedding).
  • (computing, transitive) To customize the user interface of a computer system, e.g. a desktop environment. (derived from rice out)

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