cereal
- a plant that is grown to produce grain:
- I hate it when cereal goes all soggy, so I try to eat it up quickly.
- He tipped his breakfast cereal into a bowl.
- It’s a good idea to eat wholegrain breakfast cereal and to avoid too much sugar.
- Drought has stunted the growth of this year’s cereal crop.
profound
- felt or experienced very strongly or in an extreme way:
- His mother’s death when he was aged six had a very profound effect on him
- The invention of the contraceptive pill brought about profound changes in the lives of women.
- Those two lines of poetry express perfectly the profound sadness of loss.
- My grandfather has a profound mistrust of anything new or foreign.
- There was a note of profound irritation in his voice.
- showing a clear and deep understanding of serious matters:
- The review that I read said that it was “a thoughtful and profound film”.
- You’re touching on a very profound question.