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wheat bread

American  

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

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

And I love their chicken salad sandwiches on toasted wheat bread.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 15, 2023

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

Rex Rollins spills out of the door frame, with Mark and Marc flanking him like slices of wheat bread, and—yup—claps his hands at us.

From "Better Nate Than Ever" by Tim Federle

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