shredded wheat

noun

: a breakfast cereal made from cooked partially dried wheat that is shredded and molded into biscuits which are then oven-baked and toasted

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Her father was standing at the kitchen counter, a bowl of shredded wheat before him. Joy Williams, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2024 And reeeach for the shredded wheat... . Veronique Greenwood, Discover Magazine, 3 Jan. 2012

Word History

First Known Use

1898, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of shredded wheat was in 1898

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“Shredded wheat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shredded%20wheat. Accessed 3 Feb. 2025.

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