different between barley vs semolina

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

Alternative forms

• semolino (archaic)

Etymology

From earlier semolino, borrowed from Italian semolino, diminutive of semola, from Latin simila (“finest wheat flour”). Compare regional German Semmel (“bread roll”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?m??li?n?/
• Rhymes: -i?n?

Noun

semolina (usually uncountable, plural semolinas)

1. Coarse grains produced at an intermediate stage of wheat flour milling.
2. Such grains, usually from durum wheat, used in the preparation of pasta, couscous and various sweet dishes.
3. (cooking) Ellipsis of semolina pudding

Derived terms

• semolina pudding

Translations

See also

• grout
• grits
• meal

Further reading

• semolina on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• mineolas, simolean, somaline