wheat
noun
the grain of any cereal grass of the genus Triticum, especially T. aestivum, used in the form of flour for making bread, cakes, etc., and for other culinary and nutritional purposes.
wheatless
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a word derived from
wheat.
Example Sentences
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For U.S. civilians that meant sugar rationing, gasless Sundays, fuelless Mondays, meatless Tuesdays and wheatless Wednesdays.
From Washington Times ● Nov. 17, 2018
Of course, thanks to the surge of interest in wheatless culinary experimentation, many gluten-free products have finally acquired the one trait they always resolutely lacked: a flavor.
From Slate ● Aug. 17, 2015
To the 243 wheatless, meatless, sweetless days there were added the heatless months.
From The Cup of Fury A Novel of Cities and Shipyards by Henry Raleigh
In consequence Cuba endured cheerfully the same system of wheatless days and meatless days and rationing in various articles of food that prevailed in the United States; with excellent results.
From The History of Cuba, vol. 4 by Willis Fletcher Johnson
Certain days of the week were designated as "wheatless" or "meatless" when voluntary demi-fasts were to be observed, the nonobservance of which spelled social ostracism.
From Woodrow Wilson and the World War A Chronicle of Our Own Times. by Charles Seymour
