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shredded wheat

shredded wheat noun: a breakfast cereal made from whole-wheat and formed into pillow-shaped biscuits.

shredded wheat: a breakfast cereal made from whole-wheat and formed into pillow-shaped biscuits
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Noun

shredded wheat (uncountable)

  1. A breakfast cereal made from whole-wheat and formed into pillow-shaped biscuits.

Words formed from shredded wheat

Questions about shredded wheat

What does shredded wheat mean?
Shredded wheat means a breakfast cereal made from whole-wheat and formed into pillow-shaped biscuits.
What part of speech is shredded wheat?
Shredded wheat is a noun.

Words near shredded wheat in the dictionary

  1. shred
  2. shred pie
  3. shred pies
  4. shreddable
  5. shredded
  6. shredded wheat
  7. shredder
  8. shredders
  9. shreddeth
  10. shreddier
  11. shreddies

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