barley

B2 Topic:Food & Drink

US /ˈbɑɹli/ UK /ˈbɑːli/ See IPA manual

noun name Freq #16560

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noun
A grain crop used as food and for making beer and whisky.

Farmers in this region grow wheat and barley.

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1 noun · a grain crop used as food... barleycorn

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Forms barleys

Derived forms barley-birdbarley-breebarley-broobarley-brothbarley-hoodbarley-sugarbarley-waterbarley-winebarleybrakebarleycornbarleylikebarleymeal

Etymology

* The village in Hertfordshire is from "Beora's ley," from *Beora + -ley (“clearing, lea”). The former is a personal name from Old English bera (“bear”). * The village in Lancashire is from Old English bar (“boar”) or bere (“barley”) + leah (“clearing”). * As an English surname, from the noun barley. As a south German surname, spelling variant of Behrle, Beerli, themselves related to the noun bear.

bera Old English

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# barley

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** noun, name
**IPA (US):** ˈbɑɹli
**IPA (UK):** ˈbɑːli
**Frequency rank:** 16560

## Meanings
1. A grain crop used as food and for making beer and whisky.

## Examples
- Farmers in this region grow wheat and barley.

## Derived Forms
- barley-bird
- barley-bree
- barley-broo
- barley-broth
- barley-hood
- barley-sugar
- barley-water
- barley-wine
- barleybrake
- barleycorn
- barleylike
- barleymeal

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: bera

## Etymology
* The village in Hertfordshire is from "Beora's ley," from *Beora + -ley (“clearing, lea”). The former is a personal name from Old English bera (“bear”). * The village in Lancashire is from Old English bar (“boar”) or bere (“barley”) + leah (“clearing”). * As an English surname, from the noun barley. As a south German surname, spelling variant of Behrle, Beerli, themselves related to the noun bear.

## AI Etymology
Barley is * The village in Hertfordshire is from "Beora's ley," from *Beora + -ley (“clearing, lea”). The former is a personal name from Old English bera (“bear”).; The village in Lancashire is from Old English bar (“boar”) or bere (“barley”) + leah (“clearing”).; As an English surname, from the noun barley. As a south German surname, spelling variant of Behrle, Beerli, themselves related to the noun bear.

## Topics
- Food & Drink
- Plants & Agriculture

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