wheat bread
Americannoun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of wheat bread
First recorded in 1350–1400
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
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
And I love their chicken salad sandwiches on toasted wheat bread.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 15, 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
![]()
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.