rye Definition
rye
noun
- 1a. A cereal belonging to the grass family that resembles barley but has longer and narrower ears, cultivated mainly in central Europe and eastern Europe, eg Poland, Ukraine, Russia, etc;
1b. Its grain, used to make flour and in the distillation of whisky, gin, vodka and kvass.
(especially US)
2. Whiskey distilled from fermented rye.
(US)
3. rye bread.
