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cracked wheat

[ krakt weet, hweet ]

noun

  1. unprocessed kernels of wheat that have been broken into particles.


cracked wheat

noun

  1. whole wheat cracked between rollers so that it will cook more quickly


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Word History and Origins

Origin of cracked wheat1

First recorded in 1830–40

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Example Sentences

I have since come a degree nearer on cracked wheat at a water-cure!

You must use the plainer things; old-fashioned oatmeal and cracked wheat, bought in bulk, and rice and corn-meal.

Patent flour, for instance, made from the inner part of the grain, is not so rich in ash as whole or cracked wheat.

It was boiled cracked wheat with a little meat chopped in, no sauce or other relish upon it.

But the number was not small who did not pretend to take this meal while the cracked wheat appeared.

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