wheat

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: B2 — Upper-Intermediate

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun annual or biennial grass having erect flower spikes and light brown grains
  2. noun grains of common wheat; sometimes cooked whole or cracked as cereal; usually ground into flour
  3. noun a variable yellow tint; dull yellow, often diluted with white

Etymology

From Middle English whete, from Old English hwǣte, from Proto-West Germanic *hwaitī, from Proto-Germanic *hwaitijaz (compare West Frisian weet, Dutch weit, Low German Weten, German Weizen, Danish hvede, Swedish vete, Norwegian Bokmål hvete, Norwegian Nynorsk kveite, Icelandic hveiti), from *hwītaz (“white”). More at white.

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