rye

En español: centeno

1. A grain used extensively in Europe for making bread, beer, and (now generally) for animal fodder. (countable, uncountable) · They bought a sack of rye and a sack of wheat with the intent to try their hand at milling and baking.
2. The grass Secale cereale from which the grain is obtained. (countable, uncountable) · This field will be planted to rye next spring.
3. A drink (serving) of rye whiskey. (US, countable) · I'll have a rye, neat, please.
4. Caraway (from the mistaken assumption that the whole seeds, often used to season rye bread, are the rye itself) (countable, uncountable)
5. Ryegrass, any of the species of Lolium. (countable, uncountable)
6. A disease of hawks. (countable, uncountable)
7. A young man. (countable, uncountable)

Plural ryes