granola
English
Etymology
Genericization of Granola, name of an early brand of the cereal, itself a variation of Granula, invented by James Caleb Jackson in 1863. Granula was named after the granules of Graham flour, the main ingredient[1].
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɡɹəˈnoʊlə/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -əʊlə
Noun
granola (countable and uncountable, plural granolas)
- A breakfast and snack food consisting of loose, crispy pellets made of nuts, rolled oats, honey and other natural ingredients.
Derived terms
- crunchy granola
- granola bar
- granola-head
Translations
breakfast and snack food
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Adjective
granola (comparative more granola, superlative most granola)
- (chiefly Canada, US, of a person) Eating healthy food, supporting the protection of the environment, and having liberal views.
- You see more and more of the granola hippie activist types these days.
- 2013 November 21, Jame Schaefer; Tobias Winright, Environmental Justice and Climate Change, page 228:
- […] behind them a granola-looking mom in denim overalls and a t-shirt was pulling in to do her drop-off . . . from a Prius.
- 2015 February 13, Dennis Saffran, “The Orwellian Campaign To Project Anti-Vaccination Onto Republicans”, in The Federalist:
- Rather, the anti-vax movement is almost entirely a phenomenon of the affluent crunchy granola Left—as everyone across the political spectrum acknowledged until the last week or so.
- 2020 June 18, Kiera Butler, “The Anti-Vax Movement’s Radical Shift From Crunchy Granola Purists to Far-Right Crusaders”, in Mother Jones:
- Yet some experts believe that voices from the far right are beginning to drown out those of the crunchy granola crowd.
See also
- granola-head
References
- “The History Of Granola”, in The Nibble, accessed November 20, 2015
Anagrams
- Angolar, angolar, organal
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡʁa.no.la/
Noun
granola m (plural granolas)
- granola
Derived terms
- grano
Spanish
Noun
granola f (plural granolas)
- granola
Further reading
- “granola”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014