whole wheat

This term is primarily used in nutritional and culinary contexts to distinguish products from those made with refined flour. As an adjective, it describes the composition of a food item, while as a noun, it refers specifically to the flour itself.

When used as a noun, the term is uncountable. It refers to a mass substance rather than individual units, meaning it cannot be pluralized and requires a partitive or a unit of measurement, such as a cup or a bag, to indicate quantity.