wheaten
/ˈwiːtən/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.74 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of, pertaining to, or made from wheat.
adj
Of a pale yellow-beige colour, like that of wheat.
Example Sentences
- "wheaten bread"
- "wheaten flour"
- "The servants, especially the cook, were obliged every day to prepare a dish full of sweet milk, with crums of wheaten bread, and place it upon his little table; and it was soon after eaten up clean."
- "Then, too, it should be remembered that large quantities of wheaten flour and other preparations of wheat reach this country from abroad."
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English wheten, from Old English hwǣten (“wheaten”); equivalent to wheat + -en.