wholemeal

W4H4O1L1E1M3E1A1L1
/ˈhoʊlmiːl/[ˈhɔʊɫmiəɫ]

adjective

Containing or made from the whole grain, including the bran.

UncommonScrabble 17

Meanings

adjectivewholemeal (not comparable)
  1. not comparableContaining or made from the whole grain, including the bran.

    Synonyms: wholegrain

    1. not comparableoftenspecificallyWhole-wheat.

      Synonyms: wholegrain

nounwholemeal (countable and uncountable, plural wholemeals)

plural wholemeals

  1. countableuncountableMeal (flour) milled from the whole grain (including the bran): wholemeal flour.
    1. countableoftenspecificallyuncountableWhole-wheat flour.

      Many varieties of wholemeals are made and all wholemeals have been popular for many years. Now, however, the stone-ground meals are coming into favour […]

      1939, Edmund Baron Bennion, Breadmaking: Its Principles and Practice, page 29
      1 more example

      As might be expected, the small white loaf was bought mainly by the smaller wholly adult households, who also purchased much more wholemeal, other brown and "other" bread than did any type of family with children.

      1955, Domestic Food Consumption and Expenditure: Annual Report of the National Food Survey Committee

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveContaining or made from the whole grain, including the bran.

Similar

adjectiveWhole-wheat.

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More synonyms by meaning

adjectiveof or relating to or derived from wheat

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

Translations

Bulgarian пълнозъ́рнесто брашно́, непресято брашно
  • пълнозъ́рнесто брашно́ (pălnozắrnesto brašnó)whole-wheat flour
  • непресято брашно (nepresjato brašno)whole-wheat flour
Hungarian teljes kiőrlésű liszt, korpás liszt
  • teljes kiőrlésű lisztwhole-wheat flour
  • korpás lisztwhole-wheat flour
  • korpásőrlésűliszt (búza) (ki)whole-wheat flour
Irish caiscín, min chaiscín
  • caiscínwhole-wheat flour
  • min chaiscínwhole-wheat flour
Polish mąka pełnoziarnista
  • mąka pełnoziarnistawhole-wheat flour
Swedish fullkornsvetemjöl
  • fullkornsvetemjölwhole-wheat flour
Cite this entry
APA

wholemeal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wholemeal

MLA

“wholemeal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wholemeal. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wholemeal,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wholemeal.

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