Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • adjective Made from the entire grain of wheat, including the bran.
  • adjective Made with whole-wheat flour.

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  • adjective of flour made from all the constituents of the wheat grain
  • adjective of bread, etc. made from whole-wheat flour

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective of or relating to or derived from wheat

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Examples

  • Switch your order to an egg, or scrambled egg whites add some veggies if you like and whole-wheat toast spread with a single pat of butter.

    The Small Change Diet Keri Gans 2011

  • Small Change Solution: No problem, if you buy real whole-wheat or whole-grain bread.

    The Small Change Diet Keri Gans 2011

  • I pushed my cart through the store, grabbing ice cream and Sno Balls along with fruit, whole-wheat bagels, peanut butter.

    How to Flirt with A Naked Werewolf Molly Harper 2011

  • For healthy, lean, and mean sloppy joes we start with lean ground turkey and top them off with 100 percent whole-wheat buns.

    True You Janet Jackson 2011

  • Let me restore you with some fresh vegetable couscous, whole-wheat pita bread and hummus with tabouli salad, and perhaps yam soup, or would you prefer miso and seaweed?

    Surrender the Dark L. A. Banks 2011

  • A friend of mine from high school had been diagnosed with it three years ago, and she frequently bemoaned how much she missed whole-wheat bread.

    Chocolate & Vicodin Jennette Fulda 2011

  • A friend of mine from high school had been diagnosed with it three years ago, and she frequently bemoaned how much she missed whole-wheat bread.

    Chocolate & Vicodin Jennette Fulda 2011

  • I pushed my cart through the store, grabbing ice cream and Sno Balls along with fruit, whole-wheat bagels, peanut butter.

    How to Flirt with A Naked Werewolf Molly Harper 2011

  • Let me restore you with some fresh vegetable couscous, whole-wheat pita bread and hummus with tabouli salad, and perhaps yam soup, or would you prefer miso and seaweed?

    Surrender the Dark L. A. Banks 2011

  • "Let's order lots of stuff!" he says with a child's eagerness, then proceeds to eat a stack of pancakes, a six-egg-white omelet stuffed with vegetables, a large bowl of cereal and several pieces of whole-wheat toast.

    The big bad boy of the concert hall Anne Midgette 2011

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