Wheat synonyms

wēt, hwēt

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grain
(Countable) A single seed of grain.
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wheat-flour
(US standard of identity) exact synonym of flour
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corn
(Brit.) The seeds of all cereal grasses, as wheat, rye, barley, etc.; grain
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breadstuff
Ground grain or flour for making bread
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durum
(Often used attributively) A hard variety of wheat, Triticum turgidum or Triticum durum, whose flour is used to make pasta and bread.
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staff-of-life
A staple or necessary food, especially bread.
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farinaceous
Containing starch
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cereal
A grass, such as corn, rice, sorghum, or wheat, whose starchy grains are used as food. Cereals are annual plants, and cereal crops must be reseeded for each growing season. Cereal grasses were domesticated during the Neolithic Period and formed the basis of early agriculture.
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gluten
The definition of gluten is a sticky mixture of proteins found in corn and wheat as well as other cereal grains.
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grass
Grass means vegetation consisting of short plants, or a piece of land with such vegetation.
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soybean (related)
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frumentaceous
Resembling or consisting of grain, especially wheat.
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associated word: mattamore. grain
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semolina
Hard grains of flour left after milling
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maize (related)
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barley (related)
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oat (related)
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seed (related)
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potato (related)
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sorghum (related)
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sugar-beet (related)
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soya (related)
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alfalfa (related)
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groundnut (related)
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spelt
A primitive species (Triticum spelta) of wheat with grains that do not thresh free of the chaff: now seldom cultivated
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pale yellow
a variable yellow tint; dull yellow, often diluted with white
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straw
(Short for) straw man
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wheat berry
grains of common wheat; sometimes cooked whole or cracked as cereal; usually ground into flour
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beet (related)
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Find another word for wheat. In this page you can discover 29 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for wheat, like: grain, wheat-flour, corn, breadstuff, durum, staff-of-life, farinaceous, cereal, gluten, grass and soybean.
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Wheat Sentence Examples

  • The ant was carrying a grain of wheat as large as itself.

  • The value of Australian wheat and flour exported in 1905 was £5,500,000.

  • In 1902 the total production of wheat in the island was 2,946,070 bushels, but in 1903 it rose to 4,823,800 bushels, in 1904 it fell to 4,015,020, and in 1905 rose again to 4,351,987 bushels, 81 of the whole production of Italy.

  • In 1953, he developed a method to make strains of wheat highly resistant to a single form of rust.

  • When he finishes clean-up in Ohio, he's been instructed to count the stalks of wheat in the field outside Speck's farmhouse and not return until he's done, Dusty growled.

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