whole-wheat
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- adjective
- /ˈhoʊlˌwiːt/
- US
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- Last night she'd had soup and whole-wheat toast; the night before that, tuna salad.
- whole-wheat flour
- whole-wheat bread
- whole-wheat toast
I I switched from white flour to whole wheat flour.
- I I switched from white flour to whole wheat flour.
- A serve being sort of half a cup of of rice or quinoa or two pieces of whole wheat bread, for example.
- And so my mother raised us on whole wheat bread and the proverbial blackstrap molasses.
- Yeah, I'm thinking of multi seeded, multi grain, whole wheat type of nice, great, amazing.
Examples
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Club sandwich on whole wheat.
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The nine-grain whole wheat bread was crumbly, chewy, and delicious, too.
Fiction book (1997) -
If I want to save money, I buy whole wheat bread, not white bread.
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In fact, she makes whole wheat pancakes that are to die for as well.
Blog text (22) -
The DASH diet says eat lots of whole wheat, drink lots of low fat milk.
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I'm going for a whole wheat toast today with cream cheese.
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Charlie arrives at my door with an offering of fresh-baked whole wheat bread.
Fiction book (1999) -
The best recipe in there for whole wheat bread that I've ever come across.
Blog text (13) -
A 6 oz salad with 3 oz steamed chicken breast on a whole wheat bun for lunch.
Blog text (11) -
For a healthier breakfast, I prefer whole-wheat toast topped with avocado.
Synonyms
Bread or flour that contains the whole wheat grain including its outer parts
How Natural
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Whole-wheat is made of two simple English words: whole meaning 'complete' or 'entire' and wheat meaning 'grain'. So whole-wheat describes food made from the whole grain, not just the inner part, which is why it has more fiber.