wheat bread
Americannoun
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wheat breads
plural
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of wheat bread
First recorded in 1350–1400
Example Sentences
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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
Shortages of staple carbohydrates like wheat, bread, pasta and cereal appear to be the most likely triggers of such unrest.
From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2023
On Thursday, I open my lunch and take out a PB&J on stale wheat bread.
From "A Place at the Table" by Saadia Faruqi and Laura Shovan
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