Definitions of rice:

• noun:   grains used as food either unpolished or more often polished
• noun:   United States playwright (1892-1967)
• noun:   English lyricist who frequently worked with Andrew Lloyd Webber (born in 1944)
• noun:   annual or perennial rhizomatous marsh grasses; seed used for food; straw used for paper
• verb:   sieve so that it becomes the consistency of rice

  Example: "Rice the potatoes"

• name:  A surname (common: 1 in 1562 families; popularity rank in the U.S.: #146)