wholemeal

whole·meal

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [hohl-meel]
- /ˈhoʊlˌmil/
- /ˈhəʊl.miːl/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [hohl-meel]
- /ˈhoʊlˌmil/

Definitions of wholemeal word

abbreviation WHOLEMEAL whole-wheat. 1
noun wholemeal (of bread or flour) containing or made from the whole grain. 1
adjective wholemeal Wholemeal flour is made from the complete grain of the wheat plant, including the outer part. Wholemeal bread or pasta is made from wholemeal flour. 0
uncountable noun wholemeal Wholemeal means wholemeal bread or wholemeal flour. 0
adjective wholemeal (of flour, bread, etc) made from the entire wheat kernel 0

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Origin of wholemeal

First appearance:

before 1610

One of the 40% oldest English words

First recorded in 1610-20; whole + meal2

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Parts of speech for Wholemeal

noun

adjective

verb

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preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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wholemeal popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 48% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

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