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Vinony

wholemeal

adjective

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈhoʊlmiːl/ / [ˈhɔʊɫmiəɫ]

adj

Etymology: From whole + meal.

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

noun

Etymology: From whole + meal.

  1. Meal (flour) milled from the whole grain (including the bran): wholemeal flour.
  2. Meal (flour) milled from the whole grain (including the bran): wholemeal 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 […]”

    “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.”