SMELL WORD · COOKED AND FERMENTED
Grain
Rice, corn, bread and cereal-like food smell directions.
Spanish (pilot): Cereal · pending native-speaker review
grain · warm · soft · starchy
Open entry →Smell entry · Type: Food / Prepared StatePopcorntoasted · warm · grain · buttery
Open entry →Smell entry · Type: Source / FoodFresh Cornsweet · green · grain · fresh
Open entry →Smell entry · Type: Food / StateToasttoasted · warm · dry · roasted
Open entry →Smell entry · Type: ExperienceFresh Breadbaked · warm · toasted · soft
Open entry →Smell entry · Type: Food / Prepared StateGrilled Breadtoasted · warm · dry · browned
Open entry →Close words
SmellBook uses “grain” as descriptive language, not as a precise lab measurement. People can apply the same word differently depending on context and experience.
Often used with grain
- Warm: 5 of 6 entries
- Roasted: 3 of 6 entries
- Dry: 2 of 6 entries
- Soft: 2 of 6 entries
- Fresh: 1 of 6 entries
- Green: 1 of 6 entries
Counts of Atlas entries described by both words. They show how SmellBook's entries use the vocabulary, not how people perceive smells, and they change as entries are added. All counts (JSON)
Permanent identifier smellbook:descriptor:grain · This record and its links as data (JSON)
Cite as SmellBook. (2026). Grain (descriptor). SmellBook knowledge graph, dataset release of 2026-11-11. smellbook:descriptor:grain. https://smellbook.com/descriptors/grain
Dataset history In the SmellBook dataset since the first of three dataset releases of 2026-09-30; changed in the first of two dataset releases of 2026-10-01 (localized names).