brown rice

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Rice with the brownish hull not polished off as in white rice. The hull contains important vitamins, including vitamin B complex, which are missing in white rice.

uncountable, usually

Equivalents

Españolarroz integral arroz yamaní

Françaisriz brun riz complet

DeutschNaturreis Vollkornreis

8 more languages

Suomitumma riisi

Italianoriso integrale

日本語玄米粗糲

한국어현미

Nederlandszilvervliesrijst

Portuguêsarroz integral

ไทยข้าวกล้อง

Tiếng Việtgạo lứt

Examples

“As an unabashed health nut, she always asked for brown rice to go with her vegetarian entrees.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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See also

brown rock chat brown rosin paper brown rot brown sahib brown sauce brown seaweed

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