With capital initial. Formerly, a proprietary name for a breakfast cereal devised by W. K. Kellogg, consisting of wheat, oats, and cornmeal baked…

In plural. A kind of breakfast cereal made from roasted and flavoured flakes of maize meal. Also in singular: a piece of this cereal.

An article of food (esp. a breakfast dish) made from a cereal; frequently breakfast cereal. Originally U.S.

Divided, cut, or torn into shreds.

(plural) a breakfast cereal made from flaked and flavoured wheat (cf. cornflake, n.).

In plural. A proprietary name for: a type of breakfast cereal made from toasted maize, first marketed by Charles William Post. Occasionally in sin…

With plural agreement. The name of a breakfast cereal made from wheat.

(a proprietary name for) a breakfast cereal made from grains of rice which are steamed, sweetened, and then heated rapidly in the manner of…

A proprietary name for: a wheat-based children's breakfast cereal. Hence more widely: soft, easily digested food; (figurative) insipid or…

The proprietary name of a breakfast cereal in the form of thick crumbly biscuits made from wheat.

A mixture of cereals (esp. rolled oats), fresh or dried fruit, nuts, etc., typically eaten with milk at breakfast; a dish consisting of this.

plural. Short for cornflakes (see cornflake, n.).

snap, crackle, (and) pop, an advertiser's catchphrase representing the lively sound produced by a brand of breakfast cereal when milk is added…

(a) a puff (see puff, n. 2a) made with sugar; (b) (in plural) the proprietary name of a breakfast cereal.

A mixture of rolled oats, wholewheat flour or wheatgerm, nuts, dried fruits, oils, and other ‘natural’ ingredients toasted and sold as a breakfast…