whole wheat bread
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- /hoʊl wiːt brɛd/
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pan integral
- The nine-grain whole wheat bread was crumbly, chewy, and delicious, too.
- a slice of whole wheat bread
- whole wheat bread crumbs
- a sandwich on whole wheat bread
And so my mother raised us on whole wheat bread and the proverbial blackstrap molasses.
- And so my mother raised us on whole wheat bread and the proverbial blackstrap molasses.
- A serve being sort of half a cup of of rice or quinoa or two pieces of whole wheat bread, for example.
Examples
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For breakfast, I prefer whole wheat bread with avocado and eggs.
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She brought food from home: dry sandwiches on whole wheat bread.
Fiction book (1999) -
If I want to save money, I buy whole wheat bread, not white bread.
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Eat brown rice and whole wheat bread instead.
Blog text (16) -
I like mustard on whole wheat bread.
Blog text (1) -
Charlie arrives at my door with an offering of fresh-baked whole wheat bread.
Fiction book (1999) -
Examples of such foods are whole wheat bread, beans, peas, onions, peanuts, and some cabbages.
Blog text (29) -
Rebecca had left him with the cart, gone around the end of the aisle to get a loaf of whole wheat bread and some French mustard.
Fiction book (1996) -
I had always used a basic whole wheat bread recipe that came with my Bosch mixer that is still taught at the Magic Mill store in Phoenix, AZ.
Blog text (13) -
The best complex carbohydrates are oatmeal, brown rice, sweet potatoes, yams, barley, whole wheat pasta, and whole wheat bread.
Blog text (1)
Synonyms
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A type of bread made from whole wheat flour that is darker and denser than white bread
Bread made from whole grain flour that keeps all parts of the grain
A bread made from coarse whole wheat flour
Antonyms
How Nutritious
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Morphology
The meaning 'bread made from whole wheat grain' is compositionally derived from 'whole' (unrefined/entire) + 'wheat' (the cereal grain) + 'bread' (baked dough), with 'whole' modifying 'wheat' to describe the type of flour. This straightforward modifier+noun structure is cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words would readily understand the MWE.
Etymology
The compound noun whole wheat bread comes from its parts: whole means the entire wheat seed and wheat is the grain used to make bread, so this bread is made using the whole seed instead of just the white part. That's why it is darker, denser and seen as 'healthier' than white bread.