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WEET/wiːt/

Wheat is a grain used for flour and bread: a field of wheat, wheat bread, whole wheat. Corn in British English often means maize; wheat is a different crop. Flour is the powder after milling. Uncountable. Do not write wet when you mean wheat, or wait.

Meaning

A plant whose grain is used to make flour and bread.

Examples

• “This bread is made from whole wheat.”
• “Golden wheat covered the fields in July.”
• “This pasta is made from wheat flour.”

Good to know

a field of wheat / wheat flour (uncountable). Related: bread, flour. Contrast: maize/corn.

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