Origin: 1800-1900 French céréale, from Latin cerealis of Ceres, from Ceres ancient Roman goddess of grain and farming
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS►breakfast cereal
a bowl of breakfast cereal
1 [countable, uncountable] a breakfast food made from grain and usually eaten with milk: a bowl of breakfast cereal2[countable] formal a plant grown to produce grain, such as wheat, rice, etc.: cereal crops [Origin: 1800–1900 French céréale, from Latin cerealis of Ceres, from Ceres ancient Roman goddess of grain and farming]