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wheat bread

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noun

wheat breads plural
  1. a type of bread that consists of a mixture of enriched white flour and whole-wheat flour.


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Etymology

Origin of wheat bread

First recorded in 1350–1400

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Adding a slice of a fiber-rich whole wheat bread won’t kill you.

From MarketWatch Jun. 21, 2026

The researchers examined whether mice preferred foods like wheat, bread, and rice over standard chow, and how these choices affected body weight and energy use.

From Science Daily Apr. 14, 2026

And does it have to even be made with typical wheat bread - take the jibarito, for example, which is made with fried plantain instead.

From BBC Jun. 27, 2025

A loaf of whole wheat bread, for instance, can be classified as either a category 2 or a category 4 food, depending on the production method.

From Salon Feb. 20, 2025

When he came in at noon and at night he ate well of the food which O-lan prepared for him, good rice and cabbage and bean curd, and good garlic rolled into wheat bread.

From "The Good Earth" by Pearl S. Buck

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