variants
or less commonly padi
plural paddies also padis
1
: rice
especially
: threshed unmilled rice
2
: wet land in which rice is grown
Examples of paddy in a Sentence
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Richard Goldstein, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2024
The gas comes from decomposing trash in landfills, methane-emitting microbes in rice paddies, and infamously from livestock burping and pooping.
—Justine Calma, The Verge, 4 Mar. 2024
For the United States, the era of large armies—which began with the levée en masse of the French Revolution and gave rise to forces the size of which had not been seen since Cambyses II—ended in the rice paddies of Vietnam.
—Elizabeth Barber, Harper's Magazine, 2 Feb. 2024
Most are located within the lush jungles and rice paddies right outside town, and that means no Bintang boozehounds within earshot.
—Annie Daly, Robb Report, 8 Mar. 2024
In late October, farmers in northern India, particularly wheat growers in the states of Punjab and Haryana northwest of Delhi, use a cheap and easy method to clear their paddy fields for fresh sowing—lighting fires to burn off stalks left behind after harvesting.
—WIRED, 13 Nov. 2023
There are five different categories of tents (including rainforest tents, river tents, and terrace tents near the rice paddy fields), and each one comes with its own scenic deck and saltwater pool.
—Annie Daly, Robb Report, 8 Mar. 2024
To meet the challenge of pinpointing where emissions are occurring and how much is being produced, Climate TRACE tracks an expanding range of sources including power and manufacturing facilities, cattle raising and rice paddies, and shipping and aviation.
—Cameron Pugh, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Jan. 2024
In China, about 40 percent of methane comes from coal mines and 42 percent from livestock, rice paddies and other agricultural sources, according to estimates by Chinese researchers.
—Christian Shepherd, Washington Post, 1 Dec. 2023
Noun
The offensive began with a daylight assault in which Lieutenant Puckett moved ahead of his men and ran through a frozen rice paddy in an effort to flush out a Chinese gunner.
—Richard Goldstein, New York Times, 8 Apr. 2024
The gas comes from decomposing trash in landfills, methane-emitting microbes in rice paddies, and infamously from livestock burping and pooping.
—Justine Calma, The Verge, 4 Mar. 2024
For the United States, the era of large armies—which began with the levée en masse of the French Revolution and gave rise to forces the size of which had not been seen since Cambyses II—ended in the rice paddies of Vietnam.
—Elizabeth Barber, Harper's Magazine, 2 Feb. 2024
Most are located within the lush jungles and rice paddies right outside town, and that means no Bintang boozehounds within earshot.
—Annie Daly, Robb Report, 8 Mar. 2024
In late October, farmers in northern India, particularly wheat growers in the states of Punjab and Haryana northwest of Delhi, use a cheap and easy method to clear their paddy fields for fresh sowing—lighting fires to burn off stalks left behind after harvesting.
—WIRED, 13 Nov. 2023
There are five different categories of tents (including rainforest tents, river tents, and terrace tents near the rice paddy fields), and each one comes with its own scenic deck and saltwater pool.
—Annie Daly, Robb Report, 8 Mar. 2024
To meet the challenge of pinpointing where emissions are occurring and how much is being produced, Climate TRACE tracks an expanding range of sources including power and manufacturing facilities, cattle raising and rice paddies, and shipping and aviation.
—Cameron Pugh, The Christian Science Monitor, 26 Jan. 2024
In China, about 40 percent of methane comes from coal mines and 42 percent from livestock, rice paddies and other agricultural sources, according to estimates by Chinese researchers.
—Christian Shepherd, Washington Post, 1 Dec. 2023
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