paddy

noun (1)

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pad·dy | \ ˈpa-dē

variants: or less commonly padi

plural paddies also padis

Definition of paddy

(Entry 1 of 2)

1 : rice especially : threshed unmilled rice

2 : wet land in which rice is grown

Paddy

noun (2)

Pad·dy | \ ˈpa-dē

plural Paddies

Definition of Paddy (Entry 2 of 2)

slang, often disparaging + offensive

: irishman

Examples of paddy in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun It’s located in a very rural area, away from the main tourist trail and is just surrounded by fishing villages, paddy fields and nature. — Angelina Villa-clarke, Forbes, "Arnaud Zannier On How To Open A Hotel During A Pandemic," 24 Feb. 2021 Contract farming in Punjab was identified as a possible solution to break away from the wheat-paddy cycle and promote crop diversification. — Raghav Simha, Quartz India, "Why India’s chefs and restaurants must pay attention to the farmer protests," 17 Feb. 2021 The team was pushed back into a muddy rice paddy with no cover. — New York Times, "A Black Soldier’s Heroism, Overlooked in 1965, May Finally Be Lauded in 2021," 15 Feb. 2021 At Shenyang University Architectural Campus in northern China’s Liaoning Province, rice for the cafeteria is grown in the school’s very own rice paddy, which serves as a training grounds for budding architects and landscape designers. — Emily Matchar, Smithsonian Magazine, "Are ‘Edible Landscapes’ the Future of Public Parks?," 16 Nov. 2020 For more than a decade, Sanit harvested harder varieties on his four-acre paddy. — Randy Thanthong-knight, Bloomberg.com, "Thailand Bets on a New Rice Grain to Feed the World," 12 Nov. 2020 Brown and Baker were in another helicopter and provided cover fire for Schoville, who had crashed into a rice paddy. — Andrew Dyer, San Diego Union-Tribune, "Decades after being shot on Veterans Day in 1969, soldiers reunite at grave of lost comrade," 11 Nov. 2020 The drumbeats from the Hindu festivals would echo up to our house across the paddy fields from the Hindu temple in Trivandrum. — Rumaan Alam, The New Republic, "Celia Paul Redefines the Artist’s Model," 29 Oct. 2020 Home was a small village ringed by coconut palms and paddy fields on India’s southwestern coast. — Washington Post, "Migration, in reverse," 1 Oct. 2020

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