wheat meaning: definition, etymology

wheat

noun

/ˈwiːt/ · [ˈwɪi̯t]

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”). More at white.

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.

A light brown color, like that of wheat.

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

Abbreviation, Ellipsis Ellipsis of wheat bread

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

Coordinate terms: barley, fonio, maize, corn, millet, oats, rice, rye, sorghum, triticale

wheat

adj

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

Derived terms: 97 terms
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Related terms: white, aleurone, bulgur, dermatitis herpetiformis, einkorn wheat, emmer, farina, flour, frumentaceous, frumenty, leghorn, panipuri, semolina, spelt, tabbouleh, udon, zein