Cereal vs. Serial

Cerealnoun

(countable) A type of grass (such as wheat, rice or oats) cultivated for its edible grains.

Cerealnoun

(uncountable) The grains of such a grass.

Cerealnoun

(uncountable) Breakfast cereal.

Cerealadjective

Of or pertaining to the grasses which are cultivated for their edible seeds (as wheat, maize, rice, etc.), or to their seeds or grain.

Cerealnoun

Any grass cultivated for its edible grain, or the grain itself; - usually in the plural.

Cerealnoun

grass whose starchy grains are used as food: wheat; rice; rye; oats; maize; buckwheat; millet

Cerealnoun

foodstuff prepared from the starchy grains of cereal grasses

Cerealnoun

a breakfast food prepared from grain

Cerealadjective

made of grain or relating to grain or the plants that produce it;

Cereal

A cereal is any grass cultivated (grown) for the edible components of its grain (botanically, a type of fruit called a caryopsis), composed of the endosperm, germ, and bran. The term may also refer to the resulting grain itself (specifically ).

Serialadjective

Having to do with or arranged in a series.

Serialadjective

Published or produced in installments.

Serialnoun

A work, such as a work of fiction, published in installments, often numbered and without a specified end.

Serialnoun

A publication issued in successive parts, often numbered and with no predetermined end.

Serialnoun

A serial number, esp. one required to activate software.

Serialverb

(transitive) to assign a serial number to (especially of aircraft)

Serialadjective

Of or pertaining to a series; consisting of a series; appearing in successive parts or numbers; as, a serial work or publication.

Serialadjective

Of or pertaining to rows.

Serialnoun

A publication appearing in a series or succession of part; a tale, or other writing, published in successive numbers of a periodical.

Serialnoun

a serialized set of programs;

Serialnoun

a periodical that appears at scheduled times

Serialadjective

in regular succession without gaps;

Serialadjective

pertaining to or composed in serial technique;

Serialadjective

pertaining to or occurring in or producing a series;

Serialadjective

of or relating to the sequential performance of multiple operations;