: to finely chop or process (a food) so that it resembles rice
riced cauliflower
Grilled calamari is served over riced potatoes that melt in the mouth—Mitch Frank
Ricing the spuds with the butter and cream, rather than mashing them, makes them light and airy, and gives you a completely different experience.—Yotam Ottolenghi
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Noun
The October moon has also been called the the hunter’s moon, the drying rice moon, the falling leaves moon and the freezing moon, the almanac said.—Mike Haskey, Sacbee.com, 5 Oct. 2025 Smoky beans and rice Black beans and rice.—Nina Moskowitz, Bon Appetit Magazine, 5 Oct. 2025
Verb
Six Ojibwe nations are located in Wisconsin and tribal members still practice ricing every year.—Frank Vaisvilas, jsonline.com, 2 Sep. 2025 Alternate names for the August full moon include flying up moon to the Cree, harvest moon to the Dakota, ricing moon to the Anishinaabe, the mountain shadows moon to the Tlingit, and the black cherries moon to the Assiniboine.—Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 7 Aug. 2024 See All Example Sentences for rice
Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English rys, from Anglo-French ris, from Old Italian riso, from Greek oryza, oryzon, of Iranian origin; akin to Pashto wriže rice; akin to Sanskrit vrīhi rice
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