GRAIN is a 5 letter word which starts with the letter G and ends with the letter N for which we found 5 definitions.
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(v. & n.) See Groan. |
(n.) A single small hard seed; a kernel especially of those plants like wheat whose seeds are used for food. |
(n.) The fruit of certain grasses which furnish the chief food of man as corn wheat rye oats etc. or the plants themselves; -- used collectively. |
(n.) Any small hard particle as of sand sugar salt etc.; hence any minute portion or particle; as a grain of gunpowder of pollen of starch of sense of wit etc. |
(n.) The unit of the English system of weights; -- so called because considered equal to the average of grains taken from the middle of the ears of wheat. 7000 grains constitute the pound avoirdupois and 5760 grains the pound troy. A grain is equal to .0648 gram. See Gram. |
The word GRAIN is a 5 letter word that has 1 syllable . The syllable division for GRAIN is: grain