wheat

[US]/wiːt/
[UK]/wiːt/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a cereal plant that is the most important kind grown in temperate countries, the grain of which is ground to make flour for bread, pasta, and cakes.

Phrases & Collocations

wheat flour

wheat crop

wheat field

wheat harvest

wheat bread

winter wheat

wheat straw

wheat germ

wheat bran

wheat gluten

wheat starch

wheat germ oil

whole wheat

soft wheat

durum wheat

whole wheat flour

wheat meal

Example Sentences

The wheat was winterkilled.

The wheat was then in the milk.

grind wheat into flour.

a hybrid of wheat and rye.

Wheat is a staple crop.

to grind wheat in a mill

Wheat and rice are cereals.

traffic in wheat (with sb.)

swim wheat to select seed

The wheat casts well.

The wheat crop is safely in.

This wheat grinds well.

She ground wheat into flour.

What was today's market quotation on wheat?

thousands of bushels of wheat on offer.

sort out the wheat from the chaff.

waves of wheat in the wind.

Real-world Examples

You bring forth the barley, You create the wheat.

Source: A Brief History of the World

" Who will plant this wheat? " she asked.

Source: American Elementary School English 1

And so we'll have regenerative wheat through that.

Source: TED Talks (Video Version) Bilingual Selection

The farmer sowed the field with wheat.

Source: High-frequency vocabulary in daily life

" Who will thresh this wheat? " asked Little Red Hen.

Source: American Elementary School English 1

Trapped in between two whole wheat slices.

Source: Modern Family - Season 03

“I must water the wheat, ” said the little Red Hen.

Source: "Experience English" Children's English Reading Material

So she began to thresh the wheat.

Source: American Elementary School English 1

The prairie was ideal for growing wheat.

Source: Liu Yi's breakthrough of 5000 English vocabulary words.

We brought the wheat to the mill to be crushed into flour.

Source: Lai Shixiong Advanced English Vocabulary 3500

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