RICE PADDY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rice paddy mean? 

• RICE PADDY (noun)
  The noun RICE PADDY has 1 sense:

1. an irrigated or flooded field where rice is grown

  Familiarity information: RICE PADDY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• RICE PADDY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An irrigated or flooded field where rice is grown

Classified under:

Nouns denoting spatial position

Synonyms:

paddy; paddy field; rice paddy

Hypernyms ("rice paddy" is a kind of...):

field (a piece of land cleared of trees and usually enclosed)

 Context examples 

Coarse grains are now gaining recognition as nutrient-rich and having desirable attributes such as drought-tolerance resilience to climate change, improving soil conditions and releasing less GhGs like methane, especially when compared to rice paddies.

(Course grains better than rice for health, environment, SciDev.Net)