different between barley vs beremeal

English

Etymology

From Middle English barly, barli, from Old English bærl?? (“barley-like”, adjective) (later referring to barley itself and grain crops of similar appearance), from bere (“barley”) (compare Scots bere (“six-rowed barley”)), from Proto-Germanic *baraz (compare Old Norse barr, Norwegian Bokmål bygg), from Proto-Indo-European *b?ars- (“spike, prickle”). Equivalent to bere +? -ly. See English brew

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?b??li/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?b??li/
• Homophones: Bali (non-rhotic accents)
• Rhymes: -??(?)li

Noun

barley (usually uncountable, plural barleys)

1. A cereal of the species Hordeum vulgare, or its grains, often used as food or to make beer and other malted drinks.
2. (Singapore) seed of Job's tears (Coix lacryma-jobi)

Hypernyms

• (grain crop): grain, cereal

Derived terms

Translations

Further reading

• barley on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Hordeum vulgare on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Anagrams

• Braley, barely, bearly, bleary

Scots

Etymology

Probably a corruption of English parley.

Interjection

barley

1. A cry for truce in children's games.

English

Etymology

bere +? meal

Noun

beremeal (uncountable)

1. (Scotland) A wholegrain flour made from bere, a variety of barley grown in northern Scotland, Orkney, and the Shetland Islands. It is commonly used in making bannocks and ale.

Usage notes

• Bere, bear or baird is the four- or six-row barley, hardier and coarser than ordinary two-row barley (The Concise Scots Dictionary, Ed Mairi Robinson. Aberdeen University Press. 1987.)