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wheaten

American  
[hweet-n, weet-n] / ˈʰwit n, ˈwit n /

adjective

  1. made of wheat flour or grain.

  2. of or relating to wheat.

  3. of the color of wheat, especially a pale yellow-brown color.


wheaten British  
/ ˈwiːtən /

adjective

  1. made of the grain or flour of wheat

    wheaten bread

  2. of a pale yellow colour

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of wheaten

before 900; Middle English wheten, Old English hwǣten. See wheat, -en 2

Example Sentences

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There was a Labrador retriever, a Leonberger, a cavalier King Charles spaniel, a cavapoochon, a French bulldog, a wheaten terrier and two vizslas.

From Washington Post • Mar. 7, 2023

In his case, it was wheaten bread mix and certain cheese and onion crisps.

From BBC • Apr. 17, 2022

At first this was a source of great frustration for me, and I felt like a bad baker whenever I didn’t achieve that wispy, wheaten dream.

From New York Times • Mar. 16, 2022

Putting yeast in a wheaten flatbread essentially means it can puff up while baking, to create those soft pockets so perfect for picnics.

From The Guardian • Apr. 12, 2020

Ged doled their food out sparingly, and the portent of this was plain, but both of them chewed their bit of salt fish and wheaten cake, and neither said anything.

From "A Wizard of Earthsea" by Ursula K. Le Guin