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How to pronounce “rye

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Pronunciation guide for rye

Learning goal
Practice the English pronunciation of rye with real speech in context.
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Real speech example
The Nordic Baking Bookthey grew rye.
Definition summary
A grain used extensively in Europe for making bread, beer, and (now generally) for animal fodder. [from 8th c.]

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How to pronounce rye

The Nordic Baking Book

they grew rye.

Example Sentences

A Deep Dive Into “rye

Meaning

  • [Noun]
  • A grain used extensively in Europe for making bread, beer, and (now generally) for animal fodder. [from 8th c.]
  • The grass Secale cereale from which the grain is obtained. [from 14th c.]
  • (uncountable, countable) Ellipsis of rye bread. [from 19th c.]
  • (US, Canada, uncountable, countable) Ellipsis of rye whiskey, whiskey made mainly or wholly from rye grain. [from 19th c.]
  • (US, Canada, countable) A drink (serving) of rye whiskey.
  • (loosely, sometimes proscribed) Caraway (from the mistaken assumption that the whole seeds, often used to season rye bread, are the rye itself)
  • (loosely, sometimes proscribed) Ryegrass, any of the species of Lolium.
  • A disease of hawks.

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