wheat
//ˈwiːt//
Forms
- Plural
- wheats
Definitions
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.A light brown color, like that of wheat.
- They debated the paint color options for the bathroom walls and settled on wheat.
3.Ellipsis of wheat bread
- Customer: A tuna sandwich, please. Waiter: Sure, hon. You want that on white, wheat, or rye?
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”).