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shredded wheat
noun
- a breakfast cereal made by shredding cooked, dried whole wheat and baking or toasting it in biscuit- or spoon-size pieces.
Word History and Origins
Origin of shredded wheat1
Example Sentences
As well as reducing milk prices, Tesco said it was "locking in" prices on over 1,000 everyday products until 5 July, including Yorkshire Tea, chips, and Shredded Wheat.
Trading your morning shredded wheat or oatmeal for a grain-free cereal isn’t necessarily a healthy food swap.
However, my favorite takedown belongs to comedian and author Rodney Lacroix, who in late January tweeted, "I didn't have enough cereal for a full bowl, so I mixed Shredded Wheat with Grape Nuts, and it tastes like I'm eating wicker furniture in a sandstorm."
An avid reader and self-described “superb” student, she was also a good athlete and a tinkerer who used instructions clipped from Shredded Wheat packages to make a waterproof matchstick holder, a reflector oven and a tent from a military-surplus parachute.
And when Nabisco’s Shredded Wheat sponsored a radio show called “Straight Arrow,” Frenchy constructed a Shredded Wheat display so big that a local radio station broadcast from his store.
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