Definitions for barley

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barley bar·ley

Spelling: [bahr-lee]

IPA: /ˈbɑr li/

Barley is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 133 anagrams from letters in barley (abelry).

Definitions for barley

noun

1. a widely distributed cereal plant belonging to the genus Hordeum, of the grass family, having awned flowers that grow in tightly bunched spikes, with three small additional spikes at each node.
2. the grain of this plant, used as food and in making beer, ale, and whiskey.
3. a truce or quarter, especially in children's games; parley.

Origin of barley

before 1000; Middle English; Old English bærlīc (adj.), equivalent to bær- (variant of bere barley; akin to Old Norse barr barley, Gothic barizeins made of barley, Serbo-Croatian brȁšno flour

Examples for barley

Gluten is a protein primarily found in wheat, barley, and rye.

Some had all the venison and bear meat they wanted, but no barley or oats.

And she had just thirstily drained a huge glass of barley water.

Rye, barley, and sometimes wheat can figure into the grain mixture, but corn has to claim the majority.

Brewers' grains are the residue of barley malt and corn grits.

The ground, embraced by the spurs, was filled with crops of maize and barley.

I thought that I smelled gold and silver beneath the barley meal.

When you think of what it takes to make your favorite spirit, ingredients like grapes, barley, or herbs probably come to mind.

We came across men in loose djellabas riding tiny donkeys, and others scything by hand, leaving piles of barley under olive trees.

They buried us without shroud or coffin And in August ... the barley grew up out of our grave.