Definitions for millets

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millets mil·let

Spelling: [mil-it]

IPA: /ˈmɪl ɪt/

Millets is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 8 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 174 anagrams from letters in millets (eillmst).

Definitions for millets

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 millets

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

Examples for millets

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

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

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

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

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

"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.

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.

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