wheat
noun · adjective
Simple meaning
Annual or biennial grass having erect flower spikes and light brown grains.
Pronunciation
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ˈwit
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Definition
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noun
Annual or biennial grass having erect flower spikes and light brown grains
uncountable
A light brown color, like that of wheat.
A former community in Roane County, Tennessee, United States, now in the city of Oak Ridge.
uncountable
Any bread made from wheat flour, as contrasted with nonwheat flours.
adjective
Wheaten, of a light brown color, like that of wheat.
Word at a Glance
- Difficulty
- B1 · Intermediate
- Frequency
- Common
- Typical Use
- Everyday English
Word Aura™
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Aura for this meaning
This meaning: Annual or biennial grass having erect flower spikes and light brown grains
Used this way, wheat is a reasonably familiar word that usually carries little praise or criticism of its own. It usually sounds natural in a wide range of settings.
- Emotional tone
- Neutral
- Formality
- Neutral
- Intensity
- Not strongly marked
- How common
- Moderately common
- Connotation
- Matter-of-fact
- Usage feel
- Neutral and straightforward
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More ways to use wheat
- “Farmers harvested a large field of golden wheat in late summer.”
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Word Family
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Compound terms
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Flour prepared from wheat.
Wheat bought or sold at an agreed price for delivery at a specified future date.
Embryo of the wheat kernel.
Gluten prepared from wheat.
A grass of the genus Agropyron.
Rust fungus that attacks wheat.
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