wheat bread

From Middle English whete bred, equivalent to wheat +‎ bread. Compare German Weizenbrot, Danish hvedebrød, Swedish vetebröd, Icelandic hveitibrauð.

wheat bread (countable and uncountable, plural wheat breads)

2. (idiomatic) Ellipsis of whole-wheat bread.

   Alternative forms: wheatbread; wheat (maximal ellipsis)

   Hypernyms: bread < food

   Coordinate terms: white bread, white, rye bread, rye, pumpernickel, black bread

   Near-synonym: brown bread (whole-wheat bread sense)

   He usually eats wheat bread, but today he ordered white bread to change it up a little.

4. (occasionally) Any bread made from wheat flour, as contrasted with nonwheat flours.

   Alternative forms: wheatbread; wheat (maximal ellipsis)

   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.

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