Breadcrumb Home > Dictionary > Index W wheat: Meaning and Definition of Find definitions for: wheat Pronunciation: (hwēt, wēt), [key] the grain of any cereal grass of the genus Triticum, esp. T. aestivum, used in the form of flour for making bread, cakes, etc., and for other culinary and nutritional purposes. the plant itself. Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease. See also: wheat (Thesaurus) wheal wheat berry ✖ Related Content Daily Word Quiz: musth Analogy of the Day: Today’s Analogy Frequently Misspelled Words Frequently Mispronounced Words Easily Confused Words Writing & Language