Wheat is a cereal crop grown for food. Wheat is also used to refer to the grain of this crop, which is usually ground into flour and used to make bread.
...farmers growing wheat, corn, or other crops.
...wheat flour.
2. to separate the wheat from the chaff
wheat in British English
(wiːt)
noun
1.
any annual or biennial grass of the genus Triticum, native to the Mediterranean region and W Asia but widely cultivated, having erect flower spikes and light brown grains
2.
the grain of any of these grasses, used in making flour, pasta, etc
See also emmer, durum
Word origin
Old English hwǣte, related to Old Frisian, Old Saxon hwēti, Old High German hweizi, Old Norse hveiti; see white
wheat in American English
(hwit; wit)
noun
1.
any of several cereal grasses (genus Triticum) having dense, erect spikes containing grains which thresh free of the chaff; esp., bread wheat (T. aestivum), a cultigen with large, nutritious grains
2.
the grain of any of these grasses; esp., bread wheat, used in making flour, cereals,pastries, cakes, etc., and durum, used in making macaroni, noodles, etc.: next to rice, the most widely used grain
Word origin
ME whete < OE hwæte, akin to Ger weizen < IE base *kweid-, to gleam, bright, white: from the white seed
The cereal giant said wheat is priced in dollars and the.
The Sun (2017)
You have to sort the wheat from the chaff.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
It has an effect on the proteins which make up the gluten in the wheat flour.
Hanssen, Maurice & Marsden, Jill E For Additives (1987)
It looks as though high wheat prices are here to stay.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
The result was a very large crop of wheat and corn.
Thompkins, Peter, Bird, Christopher Secrets of the Soil (1990)
The vodka is made from potatoes rather than the cheaper wheat or rye grains.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Cattle were chomping rich grass where wheat had grown only three years ago.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The global price of wheat and corn nearly doubled for a time last year.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
We stay away from red meat or any sort of wheat.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
Growing annual grain crops such as wheat over lengthy periods inevitably leads to soil damage.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
He also raised fine horses and grew substantial amounts of corn and wheat.
Garraty, John Arthur The American Nation: A History of the United States to 1877 (1995)
We are working through a process of sorting the wheat from the chaff.
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
British farmers warned the heavy rain and lack of sunshine has ruined the wheat crop.
The Sun (2012)
This could result from a higher world price of wheat or an increase in the quantity of wheat imported at each price.
Maurice D. Levi International Finance: The markets and financial management of multinational business. (1983)
The price of wheat and other cereals has more than doubled in the past 12 months.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
They contain no additives and are simply made from wheat flour, palm oil and salt.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
The stubble lay scattered with wheat grains, millions of them.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
No oats here, only wheat or rye flour.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Well, take the price of wheat.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
There is also research into other crops that could be turned into ethanol, including wheat and elephant grass.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The trick, he says, is sorting the chaff from the wheat.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
But, because of this easier access, telling wheat from chaff is more difficult.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
These still involved the keeping of livestock, but also the growing of cereals such as wheat, oats and barley.
Francis Pryor BRITAIN BC: Life In Britain and Ireland before the Romans (2003)
It wants the fund to be used to'sort the wheat from the chaff' by seeing how well drugs really work.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
But the lawyer - awaiting a heart and lung transplant - was left vomiting for hours after she was served wheat pasta with it in.
The Sun (2013)
That could mean substituting wheat pasta for white pasta in your regular recipes, or taking... an existing dish and cutting the amount of butter or cream.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
Word lists with
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In other languages
wheat
British English: wheat /wiːt/ NOUN
Wheat is a cereal crop grown for its grain, which is ground into flour to make bread.
American English: wheat
Arabic: قَمْح
Brazilian Portuguese: trigo
Chinese: 小麦
Croatian: pšenica
Czech: pšenice
Danish: hvede
Dutch: tarwe
European Spanish: trigo
Finnish: vehnä
French: blé
German: Weizen
Greek: σιτάρι
Italian: grano
Japanese: 小麦
Korean: 밀
Norwegian: hvete
Polish: pszenica
European Portuguese: trigo
Romanian: grâu
Russian: пшеница
Latin American Spanish: trigo
Swedish: vete
Thai: ข้าวสาลี
Turkish: buğday
Ukrainian: пшениця
Vietnamese: lúa mì
All related terms of 'wheat'
hard wheat
a type of wheat with hard kernels , yielding a strong flour and used for bread , macaroni , etc
soft wheat
a type of wheat with soft kernels and a high starch content
wheat beer
any of various beers brewed using a mixture of wheat malt and barley malt
wheat cake
a pancake made with wheat flour
wheat field
a field in which wheat is grown
wheat flour
flour made from wheat grain
wheat germ
the vitamin-rich embryo of the wheat kernel , which is largely removed before milling and is used in cereals , as a food supplement , etc
wheat pool
(in Western Canada) a cereal farmers ' cooperative
wheat rust
a rust fungus , Puccinia graminis, that attacks cereals , esp wheat , and the barberry
wheat sheaf
a sheaf of wheat
whole-wheat
(of flour , bread , etc) made from the entire wheat kernel
bulgur wheat
a kind of dried cracked wheat
cracked wheat
whole wheat cracked between rollers so that it will cook more quickly
winter wheat
a type of wheat that is planted in the autumn and is harvested the following summer
bulgur (wheat)
wheat that has been cooked , dried, and coarsely ground: used to make tabbouleh or, sometimes , pilaf or couscous
shredded wheat
partly cooked wheat that is shredded , formed into biscuits , toasted in an oven , and used as breakfast cereal
Federation wheat
an early-maturing drought-resistant variety of wheat developed by William Farrar in 1902
durum
a variety of wheat , Triticum durum, with a high gluten content , cultivated mainly in the Mediterranean region, and used chiefly to make pastas
wheatgerm
Wheatgerm is the middle part of a grain of wheat which is rich in vitamins and is often added to other food .
wholewheat
Wholewheat flour is made from the complete grain of the wheat plant, including the outer part. Wholewheat bread or pasta is made from wholewheat flour.
separate the wheat from the chaff
to decide which things or people in a group are good or necessary , and which are not
separate the wheat from the chaff/sort the wheat from the chaff
Chaff is the outer part of grain such as wheat . It is removed before the grain is used as food.
to separate the wheat from the chaff to sort the wheat from the chaff
If you separate the wheat from the chaff or sort the wheat from the chaff , you decide which people or things in a group are good or important and which are not.