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white rice

noun

Definition of WHITE RICE

:  rice from which the hull and bran have been removed by milling
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First Known Use of WHITE RICE

1916

Rhymes with WHITE RICE

advice, allspice, black ice, Brandeis, bride-price, brown rice, concise, cut ice, cut-price, deice, device, dry ice, entice, excise, fried rice, list price, make nice, no dice, off-price, on ice, pack ice, precise, shelf ice, strike price, wild rice

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