wholemeal
wholemeal Lexical Profile
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• adjective
British Made from or consisting of flour that contains the entire wheat grain, including the bran and germ, without anything removed through refining.
"She prefers to make her sandwiches with wholemeal bread for the extra dietary fiber."
• noun
British Flour milled from the entire grain of wheat, retaining the bran and germ, or bread baked from such flour.
"The baker uses organic stoneground wholemeal to give the loaves a rich, nutty flavor."
Word Nuance & Usage
"Wholemeal" is the standard term in British, Australian, and New Zealand English, whereas American and Canadian English predominantly use "whole-wheat" or "whole-grain."
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Word Origin & Etymology
Formed in the late 19th century as a compound of "whole" and "meal" (in the sense of ground grain), referring to flour from which none of the bran or germ has been sifted out.