Definition

1. Noun:
   • A type of bread made from cracked wheat: "Cracked-wheat bread" refers to bread that uses cracked wheat as a primary ingredient. Cracked wheat is whole wheat kernels that have been broken into smaller pieces but not ground into fine flour. This gives the bread a distinctive texture, flavor, and nutritional profile compared to bread made solely from refined white flour.

Usage and Examples

• Noun:
  • For a healthier option, I often choose cracked-wheat bread for my sandwiches.
  • The bakery downtown sells a delicious cracked-wheat bread with sunflower seeds.
  • This recipe for cracked-wheat bread requires letting the dough rise twice.

Advanced Usage

• As a modifier: The term can function attributively to describe other related items.
  • She prefers the taste of a cracked-wheat bread loaf over sourdough.

Variants and Related Words

• Whole-wheat bread: Bread made from flour that contains the entire wheat grain, including the bran and germ. While similar, whole-wheat bread typically uses finely ground whole-wheat flour, whereas cracked-wheat bread features coarser, cracked pieces of wheat.
• Multigrain bread: Bread made with multiple types of grains and seeds, which may include cracked wheat.
• Cracked wheat: The ingredient itself—wheat berries that have been crushed into coarse, medium, or fine pieces.

Synonyms

• Whole grain bread (a broader category that may include cracked-wheat bread)
• Wheat bread (a less specific term that can sometimes refer to bread containing any form of wheat, including refined wheat)

Notes on Meaning

• The term specifically denotes bread where cracked wheat is a key component. It is not simply bread made from finely ground wheat flour. The presence of the visible, coarser pieces of wheat is a defining characteristic.
• The reference from the English-Vietnamese dictionary defining it as "bánh mì làm với thịt xay" (bread made with ground meat) is incorrect for the standard culinary meaning. The correct translation aligns with the second provided reference: "bánh được làm từ bột mì nghiền" (bread made from ground wheat), though "cracked" implies a coarser grind than fine flour.

Noun

1. bread made with cracked wheat that has been ground fine