wheaten
A pale yellow or beige colour, like that of wheatA pale yellow or beige colour, like that of wheat.
» In China, southern people eat rice as staple food; northern people eat wheaten food as staple food.
In China ist das Grundnahrungsmittel der Menschen im Süden Reis und das der im Norden Weizen. — Yorwba
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2 senses(uncountable, usually)A pale yellow or beige colour, like that of wheat.
(uncountable, usually)A wheaten terrier
Examples
1 sentencesIn China, southern people eat rice as staple food; northern people eat wheaten food as staple food.
deIn China ist das Grundnahrungsmittel der Menschen im Süden Reis und das der im Norden Weizen. — Yorwba
Origin
Inherited from Middle English wheten, from Old English hwǣten (“wheaten”); equivalent to wInherited from Middle English wheten, from Old English hwǣten (“wheaten”); equivalent to wheat + -en.
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Forms
plural: wheatens| Singular | wheaten |
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uncountable
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.