wheat bread en · NOUN
Etymology
From Middle English whete bred, equivalent to wheat + bread. Compare German Weizenbrot, Danish hvedebrød, Swedish vetebröd, Icelandic hveitibrauð.
Meanings
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(abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, idiomatic, uncountable) Ellipsis of whole-wheat bread.
alt of whole-wheat bread
He usually eats wheat bread, but today he ordered white bread to change it up a little.
Near-synonym: brown bread (whole-wheat bread sense)
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(countable, qualifier:occasionally, uncountable) Any bread made from wheat flour, as contrasted with nonwheat flours.
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.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| wheat breads | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
white · rye bread · white bread · rye · black bread · pumpernickel
Hypernyms
Relateds
wheatbread · wheat · wheatbread · wheat
Synonyms
Translations (13)
izh saija (bread made from wheat flour) · gl pantrigo (bread made from wheat flour) · sv fullkornsbröd (whole-wheat bread) · pl chleb pełnoziarnisty (whole-wheat bread) · vi bánh mì nâu (bread made from wheat flour) · tl tinapay na may trigo (bread made from wheat flour) · sv vetebröd (bread made from wheat flour) · da hvedebrød (bread made from wheat flour) · pl chleb pszenny (bread made from wheat flour) · izh siitnikka (bread made from wheat flour) · sv fullkornsvetebröd (whole-wheat bread) · vi bánh mì ngũ cốc (whole-wheat bread) · de Weizenbrot (bread made from wheat flour)