wholewheat

Intact grain flour

Wholewheat describes flour or foods made from grain that retains the entire kernel—bran, germ, and endosperm—rather than being refined.

Wholewheat bread, wholewheat pasta.

The spelling is more common in British English; Americans typically write it as two words: whole wheat.

bread

loaf

Baked bread shape

  • toastHeated bread; glass-raising honor
  • sandwichFilling between bread slices
  • slicedDivided by cutting

crust · dough · bakery · oven · baker · yeast · artisanal · multigrain · sourdough · pumpernickel

grain

durum

Hard cereal for pasta

emmer · farro · wheatberry · germ · endosperm · bran · husk · chaff · milling · harvest

nutrition

healthful

Promoting physical wellbeing

protein · low-glycemic · folate · magnesium · zinc · iron · heart-healthy · nutrient-dense · antioxidants · dietary

digestion

bran

Cereal grain husk

intestinal · prebiotic · insoluble · soluble · gastrointestinal · metabolism · slow-release · fullness

Opposites
grain processing/refinement

wholewheatrefined

Purified or cultured

white · white flour · bleached flour · all-purpose flour · bleached

Phrases
Family

whole, wheat, wholesome, wholly, wholehearted, wholeness, wholegrain, wholemeal, wheaten

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G