wheat

The word “wheat” means a cereal grass grown for its grain, used to make flour, bread, and pasta. In plain terms, the grain crop used to make most bread, pasta, and cereal, or the pale golden color that resembles it.

“Wheat” is pronounced WEET (/ˈwiːt/ in IPA).

Here is “wheat” used in a sentence: “The farmer harvested the wheat in late summer.”

Depending on how it is used, “wheat” can be a noun and an adjective.

The word “wheat” comes from Old English. From Old English hwǣte, related to an old Germanic word for "white" — likely because the ripe grain looks pale next to green crops.

“Wheat” is a fairly common word in modern English, usually learned at around the B2 level.

“Wheat” has 2 distinct senses listed in this dictionary. The most common is: a cereal grass grown for its grain, used to make flour, bread, and pasta.

Wheat is a cereal grass grown for its grain, which is milled into flour for bread and pasta. Gluten is a protein found in wheat grain, and also in barley and rye. People avoiding gluten therefore avoid wheat products, but wheat itself is the plant and its grain, not the protein.

Wheat names the grain itself, however it is processed. Whole wheat refers to flour or products made from the entire wheat grain, including the fiber-rich bran and the germ. Refined white flour is also made from wheat, but the bran and germ have been removed.

Wheat is a grain, not a vegetable. It is a cereal grass grown for its seed, and that grain is used to make flour, bread, and pasta. Wheat also works as an adjective naming a light golden-brown color, like ripe wheat.