cereal meaning and definition

CEREAL noun

Definition of cereal (noun)

1. grass whose starchy grains are used as food: wheat; rice; rye; oats; maize; buckwheat; millet
   • synonyms: cereal grass
2. foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses
   • synonyms: food grain, grain
3. a breakfast food prepared from grain

CEREAL adjective

Definition of cereal (adjective)

1. made of grain or relating to grain or the plants that produce it
   • "a cereal beverage"; "cereal grasses"