rye

A grain used to make bread and some alcoholic drinks, and to feed animals.

• This bread contains rye.
• They ground the rye into flour.
• The farmer sold a sack of rye to the mill.

Common phrases: rye flour, rye bread, whole rye

A tall grass grown for its grain, which is used in bread and drinks.

• Rye grows well in this soil.
• The farmer planted rye last autumn.
• Tall rye covered the fields beside the road.

Common phrases: grow rye, winter rye, field of rye

A glass or serving of whiskey made with rye grain.

• He ordered a rye at the bar.
• She sipped her rye slowly.
• The bartender poured two ryes over ice.

Similar words: rye whiskey

Common phrases: rye on ice, a straight rye, order a rye

Caraway seeds used to flavor bread, when people mistakenly call them by the grain’s name.

• She called the caraway seeds rye.
• By rye, he meant the spice in the bread.
• The customer asked for rye, pointing to the caraway seeds.

Similar words: caraway

Common phrases: rye seeds, rye in bread