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Showing words for BARLEY using the English dictionary

6 Letter Words for Barley

barely, barley, bleary, yerbal

5 Letter Words for Barley

abler, baler, barly, barye, bayer, bayle, belar, belay, beray, beryl, blaer, blare, blear, braye, eably, early, layer, leary, rayle, relay, yerba

4 Letter Words for Barley

abel, abey, able, ably, abye, albe, arle, aryl, ayre, bale, balr, bare, baye, beal, bear, bela, bely, blae, blay, blea, bley, brae, bray, brey, brya, byre, byrl, earl, eral, eyra, laer, lare, lear, lyra, lyre, rale, real, rely, ryal, yalb, yale, yarb, yare, yarl, year, yerb

3 Letter Words for Barley

abl, abr, aby, aer, alb, ale, aly, arb, are, ary, aye, ayr, bae, bal, bar, bay, bel, ber, bey, bra, brl, bye, ear, ela, elb, era, eyl, eyr, lab, lar, lay, lea, ler, ley, lye, rab, ray, rea, reb, rel, rle, rly, rya, rye, yar, yea, yer

Definitions for Barley

[1] a widely distributed cereal plant belonging to the genus Hordeum, of the grass family, having awned flowers that grow in tightly bunched spikes, with three small additional spikes at each node.
[2] the grain of this plant, used as food and in making beer, ale, and whiskey.
[3] a truce or quarter, especially in children's games; parley.
[4] any of various erect annual temperate grasses of the genus Hordeum , esp H. vulgare , that have short leaves and dense bristly flower spikes and are widely cultivated for grain and forage
[5] the grain of any of these grasses, used in making beer and whisky and for soups, puddings, etc See also pearl barley
[6] dialect a cry for truce or respite from the rules of a game

Words related to Barley

fodder, forage, hay, grain, meal, corn, food, meadow, pasture, turf, sod, grub, provisions, provender, straw, grass, silage, pasturage, verdure, grama

Words nearby Barley

barkley, barklouse, barky, barlach, barletta, barley, barley coal, barley sack, barley sandwich, barley stripe, barley sugar

Origin of Barley

21805–15; probably to be identified with Scots barley, burley, birlie local customary law (Compare birleyman arbiter, birleycourt neighborhood court), variant of birlaw, Medieval Latin birlawe, birelegia, birelag < Old Norse *býjarlagu, equivalent to býjar, genitive singular of býr town (cf. bower1, byre) + *lagu law1; compare bylaw

Word origin for Barley

C18: probably changed from parley

Synonyms for Barley

corn, fodder, forage, grain, hay, meal, grass, grub, pasturage, provender, provisions, silage, straw, animal food, vittles