wheatings

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noun

The shorts of milled wheat.

Scrabble 16

Meanings

nounwheatings pl (plural only)
  1. pluralplural onlyThe shorts of milled wheat.

Origin

From wheat + -ing + -s, originally a proprietary name in the early 20th century.

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APA

wheatings. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wheatings

MLA

“wheatings.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wheatings. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wheatings,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wheatings.

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