Added 9 October 2026
wheat
/ˈwiːt/ noun
In Latin: trīticum Wiktionary
noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about wheat at Wordnik → Where our words come from →
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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.
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A light brown color, like that of wheat.
wheat:
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Ellipsis of wheat bread
Customer: A tuna sandwich, please. Waiter: Sure, hon. You want that on white, wheat, or rye?
adjective
Origin
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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