maize

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in Vietnamese Ngô, bắp

BrE /meɪz/ AmE /meɪz/

noun en → vi

1 CROP [uncountable] B1

Ngô, bắp

a tall cereal plant with large yellow grains that are used as food for people and animals, or the dried grain of this plant

  • grow maize

Collocations maize flour · maize meal

  • Farmers grow maize for animal feed.

    Các nông dân trồng ngô để làm thức ăn cho gia súc.

2 FOOD [uncountable] B1

Bắp hạt

the dried grain of the maize plant, used as food or in products such as flour and oil

  • eat maize

Collocations maize porridge · maize bread

  • They eat maize as a staple food.

    Họ ăn bắp hạt làm thực phẩm chính.