barley
noun
bar·ley
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Definition of barley
: a cereal grass (genus Hordeum and especially H. vulgare) having the flowers in dense spikes with long awns and three spikelets at each joint of the rachis
also
: its seed used especially in malt beverages, breakfast foods, and stock feeds
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The production of barley has already increased dramatically. — Ivana Kottasová, CNN, "Icelanders can't remember a hotter summer. It's nice, and worrying," 27 Aug. 2019 With a quarter of an hour barley on the clock, Mason Mount restored Chelsea's lead, combining with Christian Pulisic before sending a powerful shot into the top corner of the net. — SI.com, "Norwich 2-3 Chelsea: Report, Ratings & Reaction as Abraham Double Lands Lampard's First Win," 24 Aug. 2019 The Senegalese dish is considered to have been an accidental creation by Penda Mbaye, a cook based near the Senegal River delta and Portuguese trading posts, after a shortage of barley forced her to use rice for cooking. — Haleluya Hadero, Quartz Africa, "How Jollof rice became West Africa’s iconic dish and a point of banter between Africans," 23 Aug. 2019 But from the ground, the destruction is clear and devastating: A 33-foot wide, 13-foot gouge into the earth that began in the 1940s with an Allied sortie and ended Sunday morning in a massive blast in a barley field in central Germany. — Alex Horton, Washington Post, "A mysterious explosion left a crater in a German field. It may have been a WWII bomb.," 25 June 2019 But from the ground, the destruction is clear and unforgiving: A 33-foot wide, 13-foot gouge into the earth that began in the 1940s with an Allied sortie and ended Sunday morning in a massive blast in a barley field in central Germany. — The Washington Post, The Mercury News, "Massive blast leaves crater in German barley field," 25 June 2019 Whoever cultivated the barley field obviously had no idea a quarter ton of highly unstable explosives lurked underneath. — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, "World War II Bomb Explodes 75 Years Later, Creates Massive Crater in German Field," 24 June 2019 For one thing, Tasmania has all the right ingredients for making great malt whisky: barley fields, peat bogs, pure water, and temperate climate. — Sarah Theeboom, Condé Nast Traveler, "The Next Country You Visit for Whisky? Australia," 16 Aug. 2018 Henry Kuiper was a dairy farmer for 25 years who turned to corn, soybeans, wheat and barley on land astride what now are two major highways in Racine. — Henry Schulman, SFChronicle.com, "Henry J. Kuiper, farmer and father of three broadcasters, dies at 94," 16 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'barley.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for barley
barley
noun
English Language Learners Definition of barley
: a kind of grain used for food and to make beer and whiskey
also
: the plant on which this grain grows
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barley
noun
bar·ley
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Kids Definition of barley
: a cereal grass grown for its grain which is used mostly to feed farm animals or make malt
barley
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bar·ley
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Medical Definition of barley
: a cereal grass (genus Hordeum, especially H. vulgare) having the flowers in dense spikes with long awns
also
: its seed used in malt beverages and in breakfast foods and stock feeds
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