brown rice

noun

: hulled but unpolished rice that retains most of the bran layers, endosperm, and germ

Examples of brown rice in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

In this recipe, genmaicha, Japanese green tea mixed with roasted brown rice, is used to encrust salmon, imparting a nutty, floral flavor and making an exceptional and unusual dish in very little time and with very little effort. —Carolynn Carreño, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2026

Best Blue Buffalo dry food This great all-around food for adult dogs is available in a variety of recipes, including chicken and brown rice and fish and brown rice. —Bestreviews, Mercury News, 17 June 2026

Whole Grains and Legumes Foods like oats, brown rice, quinoa, lentils, and beans are excellent sources of B vitamins (including thiamine, folate, and niacin), as well as iron, magnesium, potassium, and zinc. —Md Published, Verywell Health, 12 June 2026

Dinner can be stuffed bell peppers filled with brown rice, lentils, diced tomatoes and cumin, then finished with cheese. —Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 8 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1883, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for brown rice

• advice
• allspice
• concise
• device
• entice
• excise
• fordyce
• precise
• suffice
• dice
• feis
• gneiss