rye

Everyday

1. Rye is a kind of cereal grass grown on farms; its grain is used for flour, bread and animal food. tree →
2. Rye bread is a dark, heavy bread made with rye flour. tree →
3. (US, Canada) Rye can mean rye whiskey, a strong alcoholic drink. tree →
4. Rye is also the name of an old town in East Sussex, England. tree →

In the lessons

In science and farming lessons rye is a grain like wheat, oats and barley, which grows well in cold places with poor soil. In food lessons it is the grain in dark breads such as pumpernickel. Phrases: rye bread, rye flour, ryegrass, a field of rye.

Examples

• Rye grows tall and golden in the summer fields. tree →
• Grandad likes a ham sandwich on rye bread. tree →
• Rye flour makes bread darker and heavier than wheat flour. tree →
• Farmers in cold northern countries often grow rye. tree →
• Wheat, barley, oats and rye are all cereal grains. tree →
• Ryegrass is used on football pitches. tree →
• We visited the old cobbled streets of Rye on our trip. tree →
• Then the dear sun glowed, and the rye grew ripe--like so much gold did it stand in the fields. tree →

Note

Uncountable: «some rye», not «a rye» (except «a rye» meaning a glass of whiskey in North America). Sounds exactly like «wry» (twisted, dryly funny) — a homophone. People with coeliac disease cannot eat rye because it contains gluten.