rye

About 2.05 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A grain used extensively in Europe for making bread, beer, and (now generally) for animal fodder. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}

   They bought a sack of rye and a sack of wheat with the intent to try their hand at milling and baking.

2. noun The grass Secale cereale from which the grain is obtained.

   This field will be planted to rye next spring.

3. noun Ellipsis of rye bread.

   Customer: A tuna sandwich, please. Waiter: Sure, hon. You want that on white, wheat, or rye?

4. noun Ellipsis of rye whiskey, whiskey made mainly or wholly from rye grain.

   He likes any whiskey, but his favorite is rye.

5. noun A drink (serving) of rye whiskey.

   I'll have a rye, neat, please.

6. noun Caraway (from the mistaken assumption that the whole seeds, often used to season rye bread, are the rye itself)
7. noun Ryegrass, any of the species of Lolium.
8. noun A disease of hawks.

Similar words

rye whiskey rye whisky secale cereale cereal bread pumpernickel whiskey whisky buckwheat ergotized

Often followed by

and bread grass flour is house in or was

Word family

Rye ryes