wheat

A crop whose grain is ground into flour to make bread, pasta, and other foods.

• Farmers grow wheat here.
• This bread is made from wheat flour.
• The wheat was ready to harvest in July.

Similar words: triticum

Common phrases: wheat flour, wheat field, grow wheat

A particular type of the crop used to make flour for bread.

• This wheat grows well in cold weather.
• The farm grows several wheats for different uses.
• Which wheat is best for making pasta?

Common phrases: hard wheat, soft wheat, winter wheat

A pale brown colour like ripe grain.

• They chose wheat for the walls.
• The curtains were a soft shade of wheat.
• Would wheat look better than cream in this room?

Common phrases: shade of wheat, painted in wheat