riced

1. 1
   verb

   Simple past and past participle of rice.

   The chef riced the potatoes while the gravy simmered on the stove.

   Once the squash was riced, it cooked down in just a few minutes.

   Note

   One regular spelling covers several unrelated verbs. In the kitchen it takes an object: the potatoes were riced through a ricer. Harvesting wild rice takes none, so they riced on the lake all morning belongs to that verb. Computer enthusiasts say a desktop has been riced when its interface is customized, a use that comes from rice out. Throwing rice at a wedding couple is a rare sense.

2. 2
   adjective

   Made into or consisting of finely minced pieces that resemble grains of rice.

   The recipe calls for a cup of riced cauliflower in place of grain.

   A scoop of riced potato gave the dumpling its delicate texture.

   Similarminced, grated, mashed

   Note

   A kitchen participle that has settled into a describing word: riced cauliflower, riced potato. It is not comparable. A vegetable is riced or it is not, and nothing is ever more riced than something else. It most often sits before the food it describes. The verb behind it, and its other uses, belong to the past-tense form.

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