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wheat.

Any of the several cereal grains, of the genus Triticum, that yields flour as used in bakery.

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Meaning & usage

noun/ˈwiːt/[ˈwɪi̯t]/ˈʍiːt/[ˈʍɪi̯t] ~ [ˈw̥ɪi̯t]

  1. Any of the several cereal grains, of the genus Triticum, that yields flour as used in bakery.

    countable
    They bought a sack of wheat and a sack of rye with the intent to try their hand at milling and baking.

  2. A light brown color, like that of wheat.

    uncountable
    They debated the paint color options for the bathroom walls and settled on wheat.

  3. Ellipsis of wheat bread

    abbreviation · alt-of · ellipsis · uncountable
    Customer: A tuna sandwich, please. Waiter: Sure, hon. You want that on white, wheat, or rye?
Where this word comes from

From Middle English whete, from Old English hwǣte, from Proto-West Germanic *hwaitī, from Proto-Germanic *hwaitijaz (compare West Frisian weet, Dutch weit, Low German Weten, German Weizen, Danish hvede, Swedish vete, Norwegian Bokmål hvete, Norwegian Nynorsk kveite, Faroese and Icelandic hveiti), from *hwītaz (“white”). More at white.

adj/ˈwiːt/[ˈwɪi̯t]/ˈʍiːt/[ˈʍɪi̯t] ~ [ˈw̥ɪi̯t]

  1. Wheaten, of a light brown color, like that of wheat.

    not-comparable
Where this word comes from

From Middle English whete, from Old English hwǣte, from Proto-West Germanic *hwaitī, from Proto-Germanic *hwaitijaz (compare West Frisian weet, Dutch weit, Low German Weten, German Weizen, Danish hvede, Swedish vete, Norwegian Bokmål hvete, Norwegian Nynorsk kveite, Faroese and Icelandic hveiti), from *hwītaz (“white”). More at white.

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