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wholemeal en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈhoʊlmiːl/
• [ˈhɔʊɫmiəɫ]
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From whole + meal.

Meanings

1. (not-comparable, of bread or flour) Containing or made from the whole grain, including the bran.
2. (not-comparable, of bread or flour, often, specifically) Containing or made from the whole grain, including the bran. ▸ Whole-wheat.

Deriveds

sweetmeal · wholemeal bread

Synonyms

wholegrain · wholegrain

wholemeal en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈhoʊlmiːl/
• [ˈhɔʊɫmiəɫ]
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From whole + meal.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) Meal (flour) milled from the whole grain (including the bran): wholemeal flour.
2. (countable, often, specifically, uncountable) Meal (flour) milled from the whole grain (including the bran): wholemeal flour. ▸ Whole-wheat flour.
   • 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 […] 1939, Edmund Baron Bennion, Breadmaking: Its Principles and Practice, page 29:
   • 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. 1955, Domestic Food Consumption and Expenditure: Annual Report of the National Food Survey Committee:

Forms

Translations (9)

pl mąka pełnoziarnista (whole-wheat flour) · bg пълнозъ́рнесто брашно́ (whole-wheat flour) · hu korpás liszt (whole-wheat flour) · hu korpásőrlésűliszt (búza) (whole-wheat flour) · bg непресято брашно (whole-wheat flour) · sv fullkornsvetemjöl (whole-wheat flour) · ga caiscín (whole-wheat flour) · ga min chaiscín (whole-wheat flour) · hu teljes kiőrlésű liszt (whole-wheat flour)