cracked wheat

American  

[krakt weet, hweet] / ˈkrækt ˈwit, ˈʰwit /

noun

1. unprocessed kernels of wheat that have been broken into particles.

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cracked wheat British  

noun

1. whole wheat cracked between rollers so that it will cook more quickly

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Etymology

Origin of cracked wheat

First recorded in 1830–40

Example Sentences

But tomatoes, zucchinis, cracked wheat, bulgur, which is something we grew up eating a lot of, cracked wheat.

From The New Yorker • Mar. 20, 2019

After we finished buying the pasta, rice, cracked wheat, canned meat, and cookies we needed for happiness and dinners, the others went off on other errands.

From Slate • Jan. 3, 2019

I have eaten them with rice and flatbread, warmed in the oven, but best of all I like them with a mint and parsley-speckled dish of cracked wheat.

From The Guardian • Oct. 25, 2017

The slender One Bun Multi Grain Thin Sandwich Buns from Ozery Bakery are a more-nutritious option to regular white hamburger buns, with ingredients such as crushed flax seed, cracked wheat, millet meal and sunflower seeds.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 23, 2017

It was nearly nine, and the great man had not risen, but he sent me a breakfast of tea, kabobs, cracked wheat, curds, sharbat, and grapes.

From Journeys in Persia and Kurdistan, Volume II (of 2) Including a Summer in the Upper Karun Region and a Visit to the Nestorian Rayahs by Bird, Isabella L. (Isabella Lucy)