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wheate

wheate is the obsolete form of wheat.

Meaning of wheat

Noun

wheat (countable and uncountable, plural wheats)

  1. (countable) 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
  2. (uncountable) A light brown color, like that of wheat.
    • They debated the paint color options for the bathroom walls and settled on wheat.

See all 6 meanings of wheat

Questions about wheate

What is wheate the obsolete form of?
Wheate is the obsolete form of wheat.

Words near wheate in the dictionary

  1. wheatboard
  2. wheatbread
  3. wheatbreads
  4. Wheatcroft
  5. Wheatcrofts
  6. wheate
  7. wheatear
  8. wheatear stitch
  9. wheatear stitches
  10. wheatears
  11. wheated

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