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soft wheat

noun

  1. a wheat characterized by soft, starchy kernels that yield a flour used in making pastry, breakfast cereals, etc.

soft wheat

noun

  1. a type of wheat with soft kernels and a high starch content
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of soft wheat1

First recorded in 1805–15
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Example Sentences

Soft wheat flours have a gluten of different character from hard wheat flours.

Cloth or wool may be more or less fine; flour more or less bolted, or it may be made from hard or soft wheat.

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