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wheat

//ˈwiːt//

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Adjective

A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

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Forms

Plural
wheats

Definitions

Noun

A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

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

    • They bought a sack of wheat and a sack of rye with the intent to try their hand at milling and baking.
  2. 2.A light brown color, like that of wheat.

    • They debated the paint color options for the bathroom walls and settled on wheat.
  3. 3.Ellipsis of wheat bread

    • Customer: A tuna sandwich, please. Waiter: Sure, hon. You want that on white, wheat, or rye?

Adjective

A word that describes or modifies a noun or pronoun.

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

Frequency

Overall

Rare· #5048

By learning goal

Everyday conversation
Rare
General reading & writing
Rare
Academic
Rare
Literature
Rare

Etymology

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”).

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