Gluten
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈɡluːtən/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Gluten is a noun meaning (geology) A gluey, sticky mass of clay, bitumen etc.
Meaning
(geology) A gluey, sticky mass of clay, bitumen etc.
More Meanings
- (cooking, biochemistry) The major protein in cereal grains, especially wheat; responsible for the elasticity in dough and the structure in baked bread.
- (obsolete) Fibrin (formerly considered as one of the "animal humours").
- (rare) Any gluey, sticky substance.
Example Sentences
Despite constant rain that turned roads to gluten, the Yankees kept moving.
The tyrant machine is the female body, grinding and milling the pulp of matter, the gluten of human flesh.
The Radicall or innate, is dayly ſupplied by nouriſhment, which ſome call Cambium, and make thoſe ſecundary Humors of Ros and Gluten to maintaine it: […]
Unfortunately, wholemeal bread is, according to many experts, a tricky thing to get right, as the lower gluten content of the flour makes for dense results […]
Word Forms
- glutens
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include gluten-free, free, fibrin, glutenine, zymome, glutin.
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