# wheat

Pronunciation: say "WEET" /wiːt/

## Noun

1. Any of several cereal grasses of the genus Triticum whose grain is ground into flour for baking.
   - Simple: A grain crop that is ground into flour to make bread, pasta, and other foods.
   - _The farmer harvested his wheat just before the first heavy rains._
   - _Wheat grows best in temperate regions with moderate rainfall._
2. A light brown color resembling that of ripe wheat.
   - Simple: A pale, soft brown color, like dry grain.
   - _The designer chose wheat for the hallway, a calming neutral shade._
   - _Over the summer her blond hair lightened to a pale wheat._

## Adjective

3. Of a light brown color resembling ripe wheat.
   - Simple: Having a pale brown color, like ripe grain.
   - _The wheat carpet hides dust much better than a white one would._
   - _They chose wheat tiles to brighten the small kitchen._

## Origin

From Middle English whete, from Old English hwǣte and Proto-Germanic *hwaitijaz (compare Dutch weit, German Weizen, and Swedish vete), ultimately from *hwītaz meaning "white."

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/wheat (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).