крупа́

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1.
groats, grain (for cooking), cereal, gritscooking
Я купи́л килогра́мм крупы́ для ка́ши.
I bought a kilo of groats for porridge.
Collective term for hulled or ground grain sold for porridge and soups (buckwheat, semolina, barley etc.).
2.
snow pellets, graupel, sleetmeteorology
С не́ба посыпалась ледяна́я крупа́.
Icy pellets began falling from the sky.
Usually as снежная крупа or ледяная крупа.

Examples

Мама варит кашу из гречневой крупы.
Mom is cooking porridge from buckwheat groats.
На улице пошла крупа вместо снега.
It started sleeting outside instead of snowing.
Продавец сложил развешенные заранее пакеты с крупой.
The shopkeeper stacked the bags of grain that had been weighed out beforehand.
Пакет с крупой, расклёвываемый воронами, лежал у мусорки.
The bag of grain being pecked open by crows was lying by the trash bin.
Кака́я твоя́ любимая крупа?
What's your favorite cereal?
Мыши попортили мешок с крупой
The mice damaged the sack of groats.
Соседи, закупавшиеся крупой мешками, теперь смеются.
The neighbors who had bought sacks of groats are laughing now.
Мышь, погрызшая мешок с крупой, убежала в нору.
The mouse that had gnawed through the sack of grain ran into its burrow.
Крыса, подгрызавшая мешок с крупой, была поймана.
The rat that had been gnawing at the bag of grain was caught.
Мышь, продырявившая мешок с крупой, убежала в нору.
The mouse that had chewed a hole in the sack of grain ran into its burrow.

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