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wheaten

wheaten

1 3.2
Contains wheat, like bread or flour
  • adjective
  • /ˈwiːtən/
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Examples

  • your hair in damp, wheaten curls,

    Fiction book (1995)

  • The emphatic sign of consecration has a didactic as well as a liturgical function: elevation makes manifest for the entire congregation the moment in which the wheaten disk transforms into the body of Christ.

    Academic text (2003)

  • The chef used wheaten flour to bake his famous bread.

  • She prefers wheaten pasta over white for its higher nutritional value.

  • The label on the bag clearly states that it contains 100% wheaten grain.

Synonyms

wheaty
vswheaten
3.9

A mild taste or smell like fresh wheat bread

refers to something made from or containing wheat

Compounds

soft-coated wheaten terrier
8.0

A medium-sized Irish dog with a soft, light brown coat and a very hairy head

Surface Forms

wheaten positive

Morphology

wheaten = wheat (transparent) = wheat + en

Formed by the productive adjectival/denominal suffix '-en' meaning 'made of' or 'relating to' wheat, straightforward for learners.

Etymology

The word wheaten comes from the common English word wheat, which is the grain used for bread, plus the ending -en, which means 'made of' or 'relating to'. So wheaten means 'made from' or 'containing' wheat, as in wheaten bread or flour.