Definition
Ellipsis of whole-wheat bread.
Origins
From Middle English whete bred, equivalent to wheat + bread. Compare German Weizenbrot, Danish hvedebrød, Swedish vetebröd, Icelandic hveitibrauð.
In Context
- "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."
Also Said As
See Also
- wheatbread
- ;
- wheat