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wheaten

[ hweet-n, weet-n ]

adjective

  1. made of wheat flour or grain.
  2. of or relating to wheat.
  3. of the color of wheat, especially a pale yellow-brown color.


wheaten

/ ˈwiːtən /

adjective

  1. made of the grain or flour of wheat

    wheaten bread

  2. of a pale yellow colour
“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 wheaten1

before 900; Middle English wheten, Old English hwǣten. See wheat, -en 2
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Example Sentences

Among hundreds of recent victims: Labradors, Wheaten terriers, and a five-pound Chihuahua.

The wheaten bread used in Rio is chiefly made of American flour, and is, generally speaking, exceedingly good.

The luxury of wheaten bread is introduced everywhere, North America furnishing the flour.

When you want to use it, mix the Roe with a little wheaten flour and gum water, to cause adhesion to the hook.

Close here round the corner, at the little inn, there are first-rate white wheaten rolls.

After that it was no trick at all for the Princess mouse to bake a beautiful loaf of wheaten bread.

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