barley

nounattested in dialogue

United Kingdom//ˈbɑːli//
United States//ˈbɑɹli//

A cereal of the species Hordeum vulgare or its grains, often used as food or to make beer and other malted drinks.

noun

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

Etymology

From Middle English barly, barli, from Old English bærlīċ (“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), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰers- (“spike, prickle”). Equivalent to bere + -ly. See English brew.

Forms

plural: barleys

Barking · A town in the borough of Barking and Dagenham, in eastern…Barkley · A surname.Barks · A surname.

barley · A cereal of the species Hordeum vulgare or its grains, often used as food or to make beer and other malted drinks.

Barley · A village in Hertfordshire, England.barlow · a type of pocket-knife Barlow · The name of villages in north-eastern England: A village and…

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