wheaten

From Middle English wheten, from Old English hwǣten (“wheaten”); equivalent to wheat +‎ -en.

• IPA^(key): /ˈwiːtən/

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• (without the wine–whine merger) IPA^(key): /ˈʍiːtən/
• Rhymes: -iːtən

wheaten (comparative more wheaten, superlative most wheaten)

1. Of, pertaining to, or made from wheat.

   wheaten bread

   wheaten flour

   • 1880, Arthur Herbert Church, Food: Some Account of Its Sources, Constituents and Uses‎^[1], London: Chapman and Hall, page 60:

     Then, too, it should be remembered that large quantities of wheaten flour and other preparations of wheat reach this country from abroad.

2. Of a pale yellow-beige colour, like that of wheat.

• wheaten terrier

wheaten (uncountable)

1. A pale yellow or beige colour, like that of wheat.

   wheaten:  

• Appendix:Colors
• Wheatish

• weaneth