Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wheat bread

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.89 in modern English

Syllables: wheat bread
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Ellipsis of whole-wheat bread.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Any bread made from wheat flour, as contrasted with nonwheat flours.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Near-synonym: brown bread (whole-wheat bread sense)"
"He usually eats wheat bread, but today he ordered white bread to change it up a little."
"She likes bread, but she can't eat wheat bread because of the gluten. We picked up some gluten-free bread that's made from other grains."

Etymology

From Middle English whete bred, equivalent to wheat + bread. Compare German Weizenbrot, Danish hvedebrød, Swedish vetebröd, Icelandic hveitibrauð.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: whete bred

Usage

Inflected Forms

wheat breads (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

wheatbread wheat white bread white rye bread rye pumpernickel black bread

Synonyms

brown bread

Questions

What does wheat bread mean?: Ellipsis of whole-wheat bread.
Where does wheat bread come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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