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whole-grain

whole-grain is the alternative form of wholegrain.

Meaning of wholegrain

Noun

wholegrain (plural wholegrains)

  1. A cereal grain that contains cereal germ, endosperm, and bran, in contrast to refined grains, which retain only the endosperm.
    • Best sources lean red meat, poultry, fish, dark green, leafy vegetables and wholegrain cereals.2009 January 25, By Joanna Hall, “Teen tips for healthy eating”, in Herald Sun

Phrases with whole-grain

Questions about whole-grain

What is whole-grain the alternative form of?
Whole-grain is the alternative form of wholegrain.

Words near whole-grain in the dictionary

  1. whole-footed
  2. whole-genome duplication
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  4. whole-gip
  5. whole-gips
  6. whole-grain
  7. whole-grain bread
  8. whole-grain breads
  9. whole-gyp
  10. whole-gyps
  11. whole-handedly

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Adapted from Wiktionary: whole-grain (page history and authors); wholegrain (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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