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durum

/ˈdjuːɹəm/

durum is the ellipsis of durum wheat.

Meaning of durum wheat

Noun

durum wheat (countable and uncountable, plural durum wheats)

  1. Triticum turgidum subsp. durum, syn. Triticum durum (hard wheat), the flour of which is used to make pasta and bread.
    Antonyms:
    soft wheat

Forms of durum

pluraldurums

Origin of durum

Borrowing from Latin dūrum, nominative neuter singular of dūrus (“hard”). Doublet of dour and dure.

Phrases with durum

Questions about durum

What is durum the ellipsis of?
Durum is the ellipsis of durum wheat.
How do you pronounce durum?
Durum is pronounced /ˈdjuːɹəm/ (UK).

Words near durum in the dictionary

  1. durt
  2. durty
  3. Duru
  4. durukuli
  5. durukulis
  6. durum
  7. durum wheat
  8. durum wheats
  9. durumagi
  10. durums
  11. Durus

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Adapted from Wiktionary: durum (page history and authors); durum wheat (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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