millet
noun
mil·let
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Definition of millet
(Entry 1 of 2)
1
: any of various small-seeded annual cereal and forage grasses:
a
: a Eurasian grass (Panicum miliaceum) cultivated for its grain which is used for food
b
: any of several grasses related to common millet
2
: the seed of a millet
Millet
biographical name
Mil·let
| \ mē-ˈyā
, mi-ˈlā\
, mi-ˈlā\
Definition of Millet (Entry 2 of 2)
Jean-François 1814–1875 French painter
Examples of millet in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
Serve the chicken teriyaki over sticky, cooked, short-grain white rice (such as sushi rice) or cooked and drained millet. Excerpted from FROM FREEZER TO INSTANT POT Copyright © 2019 by Bruce Weinstein and Mark Scarbrough. — NBC News, "An Instant Pot chicken teriyaki recipe that goes from freezer to table in 20 minutes," 5 Sep. 2019 The other 25% is made up of specialty crops such as millet, oats, peaches and oil-producing sunflowers. — Nic Garcia, The Denver Post, "Colorado farmers and ranchers have a beef with Gov. Jared Polis," 2 Sep. 2019 Stay away from bags filled with the white seeds (millet), which is for ground feeders. — Tom Stienstra, SFChronicle.com, "Create a home for birds, a new world for yourself," 10 June 2019 The flours in gluten-free bread might be made of millet, rice, chia, potato, almond, buckwheat, quinoa, corn, or other things more expensive than wheat. — Nina Bahadur, SELF, "7 Great Gluten-Free Breads, According to Someone Who Has Tried Them All," 31 May 2019 Another early favorite is healthy snack option Not Your Mama’s Rice Crispy Treat, which is made of toasted millet, sprout rolled oats, pumpkin seeds, goji berries, raw almond butter, and coconut flakes. — Birmingham Magazine, al.com, "Food News: new cafes, a healthy food pop-up, and more," 11 June 2019 To recreate the funky farmhouse ale, the brewers sourced millet, barley, and indigenous wild yeast from the area. — Kate Springer, Condé Nast Traveler, "Inside Hong Kong's Craft Beer Revolution," 17 Aug. 2018 Try a mix of white rice, millet, and/or quinoa, which all cook in about the same time. — Carey Polis, Bon Appetit, "This Simple Turmeric Curry Tastes Like You Spent Hours at the Stove," 4 Jan. 2018 Mitchell compared Morton's analysis to a similar skull survey undertaken a few years earlier by German anatomist Friedrich Tiedemann using millet seed to fill the skulls. — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, "There’s new evidence confirming bias of the “father of scientific racism”," 4 Oct. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'millet.' 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 millet
millet
noun
English Language Learners Definition of millet
: a type of grass that is grown for its seeds which are used as food
also
: the seeds of millet
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millet
noun
mil·let
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Kids Definition of millet
: a grass with small whitish seeds that are used as food for people, livestock, and birds
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