definition of
cereal

[1] #1 cereal n. [cereal grass] grass whose starchy grains are used as food: wheat; rice; rye; oats; maize; buckwheat; millet. wn

[2] #2 cereal a. made of grain or relating to grain or the plants that produce it; "a cereal beverage"; "cereal grasses". wn

[3] #3 cereal n. [grain, food grain] foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses. wn

[4] #4 cereal n. a breakfast food prepared from grain. wn