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- US Pronunciation
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- [hweet, weet]
- /ʰwit, wit/
- /wiːt/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [hweet, weet]
- /ʰwit, wit/
Definitions of wheat word
- noun wheat the grain of any cereal grass of the genus Triticum, especially T. aestivum, used in the form of flour for making bread, cakes, etc., and for other culinary and nutritional purposes. 1
- noun wheat the plant itself. 1
- noun wheat A cereal plant that is the most important kind grown in temperate countries, the grain of which is ground to make flour for bread, pasta, pastry, etc. 1
- noun wheat plant 1
- variable noun wheat Wheat is a cereal crop grown for food. Wheat is also used to refer to the grain of this crop, which is usually ground into flour and used to make bread. 0
- noun wheat any annual or biennial grass of the genus Triticum, native to the Mediterranean region and W Asia but widely cultivated, having erect flower spikes and light brown grains 0
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Origin of wheat
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English whete, Old English hwǣte; cognate with German Weizen, Old Norse hveiti, Gothic hwaiteis; akin to white
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Parts of speech for Wheat
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
wheat popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 93% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
wheat usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for wheat
noun wheat
- grain — granularity
- cereal — Cereal or breakfast cereal is a food made from grain. It is mixed with milk and eaten for breakfast.
- grass — Günter (Wilhelm) [goo n-ter wil-helm;; German gyn-tuh r vil-helm] /ˈgʊn tər ˈwɪl hɛlm;; German ˈgün tər ˈvɪl hɛlm/ (Show IPA), 1927–2015, German novelist, poet, and playwright.
- durum — a wheat, Triticum turgidum, the grain of which yields flour used in making pasta.
- gluten — the tough, viscid, nitrogenous substance remaining when the flour of wheat or other grain is washed to remove the starch.
adjective wheat
- aurulent — Gold in color.
- auric — of or containing gold in the trivalent state
- caramel — A caramel is a chewy sweet food made from sugar, butter, and milk.
- flaxen — made of flax.
- auriferous — (of rock) containing gold; gold-bearing
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