Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wholemeal

/ˈhoʊlmiːl/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.09 in modern English

Syllables: whole-meal
IPA: /ˈhoʊlmiːl/

17

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Containing or made from the whole grain, including the bran.

adj

Containing or made from the whole grain, including the bran.

noun

Meal (flour) milled from the whole grain (including the bran): wholemeal flour.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Meal (flour) milled from the whole grain (including the bran): wholemeal flour.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Many varieties of wholemeals are made and all wholemeals have been popular for many years. Now, however, the stone-ground meals are coming into favour […]"
"As might be expected, the small white loaf was bought mainly by the smaller wholly adult households, who also purchased much more wholemeal, other brown and "other" bread than did any type of family with children."

Etymology

From whole + meal.

Usage

Inflected Forms

wholemeals (plural)

Derived Forms

sweetmeal

Phrases

wholemeal bread

Synonyms

wholegrain wheaten whole-wheat

Questions

How do you pronounce wholemeal?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈhoʊlmiːl/.
What does wholemeal mean?: Containing or made from the whole grain, including the bran.
Where does wholemeal come from?: From whole + meal.

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