rye

Pumpernickel's base ingredient

Rye is a cereal grain related to wheat and barley, used for bread, whiskey, and animal feed.

Rye bread has a denser texture and darker color than wheat bread.

Rye whiskey, made primarily from rye grain, has a spicier flavor than bourbon.

A rye and ginger is rye whiskey mixed with ginger ale.

I'll have a corned beef on rye.

grain

wheat

Cereal crop for flour

cereal · gluten · bran · germ · endosperm · husk · kernel · milling · flour · crop

bread

pumpernickel

Dense German rye bread

sandwich · pastrami · bagel · schmear · loaf · crust · toasted · artisanal · bakery · seeded

whiskey

bourbon

Corn-based American spirit

aging · spirits · old-fashioned · neat · proof · charred · fermentation · prohibition · moonshine · bootleg

flavor

earthy

Coarse and unpretentious

nutty · tangy · complex · hearty · malty · grainy · pungent · bitter · astringent · dark

grass

pasture

Grazing ground for livestock

  • turfGrass-covered earth surface
  • lawnTended yard grass
  • fescueFine-bladed pasture grass

forage · hay · silage · grazing · perennial · annual · groundcover · overseeding · erosion control · meadow

Categories
Opposites
cereal grain type

ryewhite wheat

Pale-branned cereal crop

wheat · rice · barley · oats · corn

bread type

ryewhite bread

Refined flour loaf

Wonder Bread · brioche · sourdough · pumpernickel · challah

whiskey base grain

ryecorn

Cereal grown on cobs

bourbon · wheat · barley · malt · scotch

Phrases
Family

ryegrass, rye whiskey, winter rye

Familiarity
Top 100,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G