spelt

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[ spelt ]
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verb
  1. a simple past tense and past participle of spell1.

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spelt2
[ spelt ]

noun
  1. one of the earliest cultivated forms of wheat, Triticum aestivum spelta, native to southern Europe and western Asia, used for livestock feed and as a grain for human consumption.

Origin of spelt

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before 1000; Middle English, Old English from Late Latin spelta, probably from Germanic; compare Old High German spelza (German Spelt )

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spelt1

/ (spɛlt) /


verb
  1. a past tense and past participle of spell 1

British Dictionary definitions for spelt (2 of 2)

spelt2

/ (spɛlt) /


noun
  1. a species of wheat, Triticum spelta, that was formerly much cultivated and was used to develop present-day cultivated wheats

Origin of spelt

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Old English; related to Old Saxon spelta, Old High German spelza

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