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puffed wheat

puffed wheat

2.0
Grains of wheat that swell when you heat them and people eat for breakfast
  • noun
  • /pʌft wiːt/
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  • Many people choose puffed wheat as a light and crunchy cereal option.

Examples

  • She sprinkled some puffed wheat on top of her yogurt for added texture.

  • For breakfast, I enjoy a bowl of puffed wheat with fruit and milk.

  • You think we're working with puffed wheat?

    Silkwood (1983)

  • I thought she'd want to look at it, but it is as if she is already gone somewhere else, except for what she can eat on her way there: lamb chops, puffed wheat, strawberries, tongue cut not too thick, but still lean.

    Fiction book (1994)

Synonyms

cereal
vspuffed wheat
195 1.0

A food made from grains that you eat with milk for breakfast

is a specific grain product made by heating grains until they expand
dry cereal
vspuffed wheat
1 1.0

A breakfast food like flakes or puffs you eat with milk without cooking

is made by heating grains until they expand and become light and airy
wheatflake
vspuffed wheat
3.2

A small flat crunchy piece of wheat eaten for breakfast

is formed by heating whole grains until they expand into light airy pieces
farfel
vspuffed wheat
  • US
9.9

Small toasted grains from wheat or barley eaten for breakfast and as a side

is produced by heating grains until they expand into light airy pieces

Antonyms

dense
42 2.8

Thick with plants making it hard to walk through

Surface Forms

puffed wheat singular
puffed wheats plural

Morphology

puffed + wheat

The meaning 'wheat grains that have been heated and expanded' is directly and compositionally derived from 'puffed' (inflated/expanded) + 'wheat' (the cereal), following a common English pattern of product names like 'puffed rice' or 'puffed corn'. This straightforward noun + modifier composition is cross-linguistically familiar and would be immediately comprehensible to a B1 learner who knows both constituents.

Etymology

The name puffed wheat comes from how whole wheat grains are heated until they become puffed, swelling like tiny balloons. So the name tells you the food is 'light and puffy' and is often eaten as a crunchy breakfast cereal.