Rice may refer to:

• Foods
  • Rice, a grain eaten by a large proportion of the world's population as a primary staple.
• Places and institutions
  • Rice University in Houston, Texas.
  • Rice , Virginia.
  • Various places named Rice Lake.
  • Various places named Riceville.
• People
  • Condoleezza Rice, United States Secretary of State (2005-)
  • Jerry Rice, American football player in the National Football League.
  • Jim Rice, former Major League Baseball player.
  • Tim Rice, author and a lyricist for musical theater, who regularly worked for the Disney corporation and collaborated with Andrew Lloyd Webber.
  • William Marsh Rice, American businessman and philanthropist, founder of Rice University.

• Rice, or Rice rocket or Rice burner can be a derogatory adjective referring to modified family cars, sports cars, or any type of vehicle. Generally this term refers to those cars which look fast or 'overdone' but have little or no modifications to the drivetrain. Modifications include, but are not limited to: large spoilers, non-functional body kits that modify the look of the car, adding Nitrous Oxide Systems stickers (NoS), lowering springs to make the vehicle sit lower (like race cars), flashy chromed tail lights and special headlights, larger than stock wheels with low profile tires, and of course, an extremely oversized, loud muffler.

The origin of this use is most likely the popular association of souped-up cars with Asian American men (especially East Asian). There are some informal attempts to "reclaim" the term, in recognition that modifying cars is a legitimate form of self expression.

As a subcategory, in certain parts of the country, there is new usage of this term that refers to poorly modified cars, i.e. Spanish rice. Generally those of hispanic descent are found driving these cars and can be readily recognized by their last name stickered boldly on the back window, and tires that stick out a few inches from the sides of the vehicle. A common car to have "riced" is the Honda Civic.

See also: Import Scene

Rice is a term in gay slang referring to ethnically Asian gay men. Also used as in the expression "rice queen," meaning a (white) man who exclusively prefers romantic/sexual encounters with asian men.

Rice is a cooking term meaning to pass food through a device called, appropriately, a ricer or food mill, which comes in several forms. In the most basic, food is pushed or pressured through a metal or plastic plate with many small holes, resulting in a smoother result than mashing, but coarser than pureeing or passing through a sieve or tammy . Potatoes are the most commonly "riced" foods, as in the dish, Riced Potatoes, essentially a smoother version of mashed potatoes.