wheaten
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English wheten, from Old English hwǣten (“wheaten”); equivalent to wheat + -en.
Pronunciation edit
- Rhymes: -iːtən
Adjective edit
wheaten (comparative more wheaten, superlative most wheaten)
- Of, pertaining to, or made from wheat.
- wheaten bread
- wheaten flour
- 1880, Arthur Herbert Church, Food: Some Account of Its Sources, Constituents and Uses[1], London: Chapman and Hall, page 60:
- Then, too, it should be remembered that large quantities of wheaten flour and other preparations of wheat reach this country from abroad.
- Of a pale yellow-beige colour, like that of wheat.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
made from wheat
Noun edit
wheaten (uncountable)
- A pale yellow or beige colour, like that of wheat.
- wheaten: