often attributive
1
: a cereal grain that yields a fine white flour used chiefly in breads, baked goods (such as cakes and crackers), and pastas (such as macaroni or spaghetti), and is important in animal feeds
2
: any of various Old World annual grasses (genus Triticum, especially T. aestivum and T. turgidum) of wide climatic adaptability that are cultivated in most temperate areas for the wheat they yield
3
: a light yellow
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a turkey sandwich on wheat
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Hudson Lindenberger, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024
The wheat was grown and milled by his friend Mai Nguyen, a Northern California farmer of heirloom grains.
—Betty Hallock, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2024
Modest clay statues of workers grinding wheat and attending to large vats are also on show.
—Keir Simmons, NBC News, 16 Oct. 2024
Those farms produced 40,000 tonnes of wheat and 12,000 tonnes of potatoes, among other things, last year.
—Byprarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 4 Nov. 2024
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“Wheat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wheat. Accessed 1 Dec. 2024.
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wheat
noun
ˈhwēt 
ˈwēt
1
: a cereal grain that can be made into a fine white flour used mostly in breads, baked goods (as cakes and crackers), and pastas (as macaroni or spaghetti) and that is used in animal feeds
2
: any of a genus of grasses grown in most temperate areas for the wheat they produce
especially
: a grass with long dense flower spikes and white to dark red grains that is the chief source of wheat and is known only in cultivation
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