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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.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- The Nordic Baking Book
they 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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