wheat

Definitions

1. Any of the several cereal grains, of the genus Triticum, that yields flour as used in bakery
2. A surname.
   countable, uncountable
3. Any of the several cereal grains, of the genus Triticum, that yields flour as used in bakery.
   countable
4. A light brown color, like that of wheat
5. A former community in Roane County, Tennessee, United States, now in the city of Oak Ridge.
   countable, uncountable
6. A light brown color, like that of wheat.
   uncountable
7. Ellipsis of wheat bread
8. An unincorporated community in Wetzel County, West Virginia, United States.
   countable, uncountable
9. Wheaten, of a light brown color, like that of wheat

Equivalents

Examples

“They bought a sack of wheat and a sack of rye with the intent to try⟳ their hand at milling and baking.”

“They debated the paint⟳ color options for the bathroom walls and settled on wheat.”

“Customer: A tuna sandwich, please⟳. Waiter: Sure, hon. You want⟳ that on white, wheat, or rye?”

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