Definitions for Millet

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Millet mil·let

Spelling: [mil-it]

IPA: /ˈmɪl ɪt/

Millet is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 76 anagrams from letters in Millet (eillmt).

Definitions for Millet

noun

1. a cereal grass, Setaria italica, extensively cultivated in the East and in southern Europe for its small seed, or grain, used as food for humans and fowls, but in the U.S. grown chiefly for fodder.
2. any of various related or similar grasses cultivated as grain plants or forage plants.
3. the grain of any of these grasses.
4. Francis Davis, 1846–1912, U.S. painter, illustrator, and journalist.
5. Jean François [zhahn frahn-swa] /ʒɑ̃ frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), 1814–75, French painter.

Origin of Millet

1375-1425; late Middle English milet Middle French, equivalent to mil (Latin milium millet) + -et -et

Examples for Millet

At morning and noon a little flour of millet and honey suffices for the meals.

There was among them a superb millet, which I should very much have liked to own.

"Assuredly not," Justice millet burst out, pulling his robes about him.

And through him, millet has a perfect vehicle for her dark, understated wit and tendency to upend narrative expectations.

"Your pardon, brother millet," he interrupted, and pointed towards Ralph's arms.

We began by sowing the cotton, then the fields of millet, maize, and beans.

This hippie in corporate wolf's clothing is back in millet's latest, Ghost Lights.

He took his little dog with him, giving him a millet dumpling now and then.

millet reveals what Hal, T., and the rest of us all know deep down, that we're each of us responsible for the choices we make.

Look for:Purchase breads containing seeds and a mixture of healthy grains (like millet and amaranth) other than just brown rice.