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

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cracked wheat

Eye-openers include kinche — boiled cracked wheat finished with clarified butter — beef stew mixed with torn injera.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 19, 2021

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

A most delicious dish may be prepared by stirring into well-cooked cracked wheat a few spoonfuls of rather thick cream and some fresh wild blackberries.

From Science in the Kitchen. by Kellogg, Mrs. E. E.