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SEERR-ee-uh-l/ˈsɪəriəl/

Cereal is a breakfast food from grain, usually with milk: a bowl of cereal. Serial is a story in parts — same sound, different spelling. Porridge is hot oats; cereal is often cold and crunchy. Corn is a grain, not the breakfast bowl.

Meaning

A breakfast food made from grain, usually eaten with milk.

Examples

• “He eats cereal every morning.”
• “There is no milk for the cereal.”
• “Which cereal do you want — the chocolate one?”

Good to know

a bowl of cereal. Mix-up: serial (a story in parts).

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