cereal - serial

cereal - serial
These words are both pronounced .
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◊ 'cereal'
A cereal is a plant such as wheat, maize, or rice that produces grain.

Wheat may have been the first cereal to be cultivated.

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Some kinds of food made from grain are also called cereals. In many countries, these foods are eaten with milk at breakfast time.

...a box of cereal.

...a new breakfast cereal.

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◊ 'serial'
A serial is a story which is divided into several parts. The parts are broadcast at different times on television or radio, or printed in different editions of a magazine.

The novel has recently been dramatized as a television serial.

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Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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