wheat
/ˈwiːt/
wheat noun: any of the several cereal grains, of the genus Triticum, that yields flour as used in bakery. Also the ellipsis of wheat bread.
Noun
wheat (countable and uncountable, plural wheats)
- 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.
- Synonyms:
- triticum
- A light brown color, like that of wheat.
- They debated the paint color options for the bathroom walls and settled on wheat.
Adjective
wheat (not comparable)
- Wheaten, of a light brown color, like that of wheat.
Proper noun capitalized: Wheat
Wheat (countable and uncountable, plural Wheats)
- A surname.
- A former community in Roane County, Tennessee, United States, now in the city of Oak Ridge.
- An unincorporated community in Wetzel County, West Virginia, United States.
Also used as
wheat is also the ellipsis of wheat bread.
wheat meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
wheat in Hindi
- grain
- गेहूँ gehū̃
wheat in Tamil
- grain
- கோதுமை kōtumai
wheat in Marathi
- colour
- गह्वाळ gahvāḷ
- grain
- गहू gahū
wheat in Urdu
- grain
- گیہوں gehū̃, گندم gandum
More languagesFewer languages
- wheat in Bengali
- গম gom
- wheat in Telugu
- గోధుమ రంగు gōdhuma raṅgu, గోధుమ gōdhuma
- wheat in Malayalam
- ഗോതമ്പ് gōtampŭ
- wheat in Kannada
- ಗೋಧಿ gōdhi
- wheat in Punjabi
- ਕਣਕ kaṇak
- wheat in Gujarati
- ગહું m ઘઉં gahũ
- wheat in Odia
- ଗହୁଁ gahũ
- wheat in Sanskrit
- गोधूम godhūma
- wheat in Assamese
- গম gom
- wheat in Nepali
- गहुँ gahũ
- wheat in Pashto
- غنم ǧanëm
- wheat in Tagalog
- trigo
- wheat in Arabic
- قَمْح qamḥ, حِنْطَة ḥinṭa, بُرّ burr
- wheat in Malay
- gandum, terigu
- wheat in Indonesian
- gandum
- wheat in Persian
- گندمی gandomi, گندم gandom
- wheat in Thai
- ข้าวสาลี kâao săa-lee
- wheat in Vietnamese
- lúa mì
- wheat in Myanmar
- ဂျုံ gyum
- Dhivehi
- ގޮދަން godan̊
- Kashmiri
- کٕنٕکھ kụnụkh
Examples of wheat in a sentence
- Maslin bread is made of rye mixed with a little wheat.
- The coterie was located in the middle of our wheat field.
- He usually eats wheat bread, but today he ordered white bread to change it up a little.
Synonyms of wheat
Forms of wheat
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | wheats |
| alternative form (obsolete) | wheate |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Wheats |
Origin of wheat
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.
English surname, probably from the noun wheat. Another sense meaning "bold, active, brave" is derived from Old English hwettan (“to encourage, embolden, sharpen”).
Words formed from wheat
- bread of wheat
- bread wheat
- buckwheat
- bulgur wheat
- club wheat
- common wheat
- cone wheat Triticum turgidum subsp. turgidum
- syn. Triticum turgidum)
- cow-wheat
- cowwheat
- cow wheat
- cracked wheat
- cracked-wheat
- cream of wheat
- dog wheat
- duck wheat
- durum wheat
- einkorn wheat (Triticum boeoticum, Triticum monococcum
- emmer wheat
- English wheat Triticum turgidum subsp. turgidum
- entire wheat
- German wheat
- good as wheat in the bin
- Guinea wheat
- hard red spring wheat
- hard red winter wheat
- hard wheat
- hard white wheat
- hulled wheat
- Indian dwarf wheat
- Indian wheat
- India wheat
- Khorasan wheat
- macaroni wheat
- Marquis wheat
- mummy wheat
- never eat soggy wheat
- nonwheat
- notwheat
- pasta wheat
- Persian wheat
- Polish wheat Triticum turgidum subsp. polonicum
- syn. Triticum polonicum)
- poulard wheat
- puffed wheat
- rivet wheat Triticum turgidum subsp. turgidum
- Russian wheat aphid
- separate the wheat from the chaff
- shot wheat
- shredded wheat
- soft red winter wheat
- soft wheat
- soft white wheat
- sort the wheat from the chaff
- spelt wheat
- spring wheat
- starch wheat
- Turkey wheat
- wheat and chessboard problem
- wheat and tares
Phrases with wheat
- wheat bag
- wheat bug
- wheat fly
- cone wheat
- wheat bags
- wheat beer
- wheat belt
- wheat bisk
- wheat germ
- wheat meat
- wheat rust
- rivet wheat
38 more phrasesFewer phrases
- wheat beers
- wheat belts
- wheat bisks
- wheat bread
- wheat flies
- wheat flour
- wheat midge
- wheat paste
- wheat penny
- Wheat Ridge
- wheat rusts
- wheat thief
- wheat breads
- wheat flours
- wheat midges
- wheat mildew
- wheat pastes
- wheat sawfly
- wheat starch
- wheat weevil
- winter wheat
- wheat pennies
- wheat weevils
- wheat sawflies
- whole wheat bread
- whole wheat breads
- Russian wheat aphids
- never eat shredded wheat
- sorts the wheat from the chaff
- sorted the wheat from the chaff
- winnow the wheat from the chaff
- sorting the wheat from the chaff
- winnows the wheat from the chaff
- winnowed the wheat from the chaff
- separated the wheat from the chaff
- separates the wheat from the chaff
- winnowing the wheat from the chaff
- separating the wheat from the chaff
Words that rhyme with wheat
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- entreat
- fleet
- retreat
- treat
- complete
- conceit
- repeat
- concrete
- discrete
- bittersweet
- suite
- cheat
- cleat
- deceit
- greet
- unseat
- compete
- defeat
- delete
- effete
- elite
- escheat
- indiscrete
- leet
- pleat
- skeet
- sleet
- accrete
- beet
- bleat
- gleet
- ifrit
- incomplete
- overeat
- overheat
- petite
- replete
- superheat
- teat
- tweet
- yeet
- Bereshit
- Bow Street
- Crete
- discreet
- downbeat
- jeet
- keet
Questions about wheat
- What does wheat mean?
- Wheat means any of the several cereal grains, of the genus Triticum, that yields flour as used in bakery.
- What is wheat in Hindi?
- Wheat in Hindi is गेहूँ (gehū̃). See Wheat meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is wheat?
- Wheat can be a noun, an adjective or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce wheat?
- Wheat is pronounced /ˈwiːt/.
- What is the plural of wheat?
- The plural of wheat is wheats.
Words near wheat in the dictionary
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