wheat
English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Middle EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Middle English#WHEATCategory:English terms derived from Middle English#WHEAT whete, from Old EnglishCategory:English terms inherited from Old English#WHEATCategory:English terms derived from Old English#WHEAT hwǣte, from Proto-West GermanicCategory:English terms inherited from Proto-West Germanic#WHEATCategory:English terms derived from Proto-West Germanic#WHEAT *hwaitī, from Proto-GermanicCategory:English terms inherited from Proto-Germanic#WHEATCategory:English terms derived from Proto-Germanic#WHEAT *hwaitijaz (compare West Frisian weet, Dutch weit, Low German Weten, German Weizen, Danish hvede, Swedish vete, Norwegian Nynorsk kveite, Icelandic hveiti), from *hwītaz (“white”). More at white.
Pronunciation
- (wine–whine merger) IPA(key): /ˈwiːt/, [ˈwɪi̯t]Category:English 1-syllable words#WHEATCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#WHEAT
- (without the wine–whine merger) IPA(key): /ˈʍiːt/, [ˈʍɪi̯t] ~ [ˈw̥ɪi̯t]Category:English 1-syllable words#WHEATCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#WHEAT
- Rhymes: -iːtCategory:Rhymes:English/iːt#WHEATCategory:Rhymes:English/iːt/1 syllable#WHEAT
- Hyphenation: wheat
Noun
wheat (countable and uncountable, plural wheats)Category:English lemmas#WHEATCategory:English nouns#WHEATCategory:English uncountable nouns#WHEATCategory:English countable nouns#WHEATCategory:English countable nouns#WHEATCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#WHEATCategory:Pages with entries#WHEATCategory:Pages with 1 entry#WHEAT
- (countableCategory:English countable nouns#WHEAT) Any of the several cereal grains, of the genus Triticum, that yields flour as used in bakery.
- Synonym: triticum
- They bought a sack of wheat and a sack of rye with the intent to try their hand at milling and baking.Category:English terms with usage examples#WHEAT
- (uncountableCategory:English uncountable nouns#WHEAT) A light brown color, like that of wheat.
- wheat:
- They debated the paint color options for the bathroom walls and settled on wheat.Category:English terms with usage examples#WHEAT
- (uncountableCategory:English uncountable nouns#WHEAT) Ellipsis of wheat breadCategory:English ellipses#WHEAT
- Hypernyms: bread < food
- Coordinate terms: white, rye, pumpernickel
- Customer: A tuna sandwich, please. Waiter: Sure, hon. You want that on white, wheat, or rye?Category:English terms with usage examples#WHEAT
Coordinate terms
Translations
Adjective
wheat (not comparable)Category:English lemmas#WHEATCategory:English adjectives#WHEATCategory:English uncomparable adjectives#WHEATCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#WHEATCategory:Pages with entries#WHEATCategory:Pages with 1 entry#WHEAT
- Wheaten, of a light brown color, like that of wheat.
Translations
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Derived terms
- bread of wheat
- bread wheat (Triticum aestivum subsp. aestivumCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (subspecies)#Triticum%20aestivum%20subsp.%20aestivum, syn. Triticum aestivum)
- buckwheat (Fagopyrum esculentum or Eriogonum spp.)
- bulgur wheat
- club wheatCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#club%20wheat (Triticum aestivum subsp. compactumCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (subspecies)#Triticum%20aestivum%20subsp.%20compactum, syn. Triticum compactumCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Triticum%20compactum)
- common wheat (Triticum aestivum)
- cone wheat Triticum turgidum subsp. turgidumCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (subspecies)#Triticum%20turgidum%20subsp.%20turgidum, syn. Triticum turgidum)
- cow-wheat
- cracked wheat, cracked-wheat
- cream of wheat
- dog wheat
- durum wheat (Triticum turgidum subsp. durum, syn. Triticum durum)
- English wheatCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#English%20wheat Triticum turgidum subsp. turgidumCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (subspecies)#Triticum%20turgidum%20subsp.%20turgidum, syn. Triticum turgidum)
- German wheat
- good as wheat in the bin
- Guinea wheat
- hard red spring wheatCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#hard%20red%20spring%20wheat
- hard red winter wheatCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#hard%20red%20winter%20wheat
- hard wheat (See durum wheat)
- hard white wheatCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#hard%20white%20wheat
- hulled wheat
- Indian dwarf wheatCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#Indian%20dwarf%20wheat (Triticum aestivum subsp. compactumCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (subspecies)#Triticum%20aestivum%20subsp.%20compactum, syn. Triticum compactumCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Triticum%20compactum)
- Indian wheat
- Khorasan wheat (Triticum turgidum subsp. turanicumCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (subspecies)#Triticum%20turgidum%20subsp.%20turanicum, syn. Triticum turanicumCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Triticum%20turanicum)
- macaroni wheat
- macaroni wheat (Triticum turgidum subsp. durum, syn. Triticum durum)
- Marquis wheatCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#Marquis%20wheat
- mummy wheat
- never eat soggy wheat
- pasta wheat
- Persian wheatCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#Persian%20wheat (Triticum turgidum subsp. carthlicumCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (subspecies)#Triticum%20turgidum%20subsp.%20carthlicum, syn. Triticum carthlicum NevskiCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Triticum%20carthlicum%20Nevski)
- Polish wheatCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#Polish%20wheat Triticum turgidum subsp. polonicumCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (subspecies)#Triticum%20turgidum%20subsp.%20polonicum, syn. Triticum polonicumCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Triticum%20polonicum)
- poulard wheat
- puffed wheat
- rivet wheat Triticum turgidum subsp. turgidumCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (subspecies)#Triticum%20turgidum%20subsp.%20turgidum, syn. Triticum turgidum)
- Russian wheat aphid
- separate the wheat from the chaff
- shot wheatCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#shot%20wheat (Triticum aestivum subsp. compactumCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (subspecies)#Triticum%20aestivum%20subsp.%20compactum, syn. Triticum compactumCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Triticum%20compactum)
- shredded wheat
- soft red winter wheatCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#soft%20red%20winter%20wheat
- soft wheat
- soft white wheatCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#soft%20white%20wheat
- sort the wheat from the chaff
- spelt wheatCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#spelt%20wheat (subspecies, syn. Triticum spelta)
- spring wheat
- starch wheatCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#starch%20wheat
- Turkey wheat
- wheat and chessboard problem
- wheat bag
- wheat beer
- Wheatbelt
- wheat belt, wheatbelt
- wheat bisk
- wheat bread
- wheat bug
- wheatear (Oenanthe spp.)
- wheat-eddish
- wheat-eel
- wheaten
- wheaten terrier
- wheat flour
- wheat fly
- wheat germ
- wheatgrass (Triticum aestivum, Agropyron spp.)
- wheatish
- wheatland
- wheat leaf rustCategory:Entries missing English vernacular names of taxa#wheat%20leaf%20rust (certain species in Pucciniales)
- wheatmeal
- wheat meat
- wheat midge
- wheat mildew
- wheat paste
- wheat penny
- Wheat Ridge
- wheat rust (See wheat leaf rust.)
- wheat sawfly
- wheat starch
- wheat thief
- wheat weevil
- wheatworm (Anguina triticiCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Anguina%20tritici)
- whole-wheat
- winnow the wheat from the chaff
- winter wheat
Related terms
See also
- aleurone
- bulgur
- dermatitis herpetiformis
- einkorn wheat (Triticum boeoticumCategory:Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)#Triticum%20boeoticum (wild), Triticum monococcum (domesticated))
- emmer (Triticum turgidum)
- farina
- flour
- frumentaceous
- frumenty
- leghorn
- panipuri
- semolina
- spelt (Triticum spelta)
- tabbouleh
- udon
- zein
- Appendix:Colors

