barley


Definition: Meaning of, barley in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈbɑːli /

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  1. a plant that produces a grain used for making food or alcohol
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barley used in phrases

  • barley candy (noun)
    1. a brittle transparent candy made by melting and cooling cane sugar
  • barley grass (noun)
    1. european annual grass often found as a weed in waste ground especially along roadsides and hedgerows
  • barley sugar (noun)
    1. a hard sweet made of boiled sugar
  • barley water (noun)
    1. a drink made from barley boiled with water, with the flavour of lemon or orange
  • barley wine (noun)
    1. a type of very strong beer
  • barley-sugar (noun)
    1. a brittle transparent candy made by melting and cooling cane sugar
  • common barley (noun)
    1. grass yielding grain used for breakfast food and animal feed and in malt beverages
  • foxtail barley (noun)
    1. barley grown for its highly ornamental flower heads with delicate long silky awns; North America and northeastern Asia
  • little barley (noun)
    1. annual barley native to western North America and widespread in southern United States and tropical America
  • pearl barley (noun)
    1. small grains of BARLEY that are used in cooking
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