Meaning & use
gluten
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a mixture of proteins found in wheat and related grains that gives dough its elastic texture.
See it in a sentence
Bakers rely on gluten to give bread its chewy structure.
People with celiac disease must avoid gluten entirely.
A note on using this word
The word is common today mainly because of gluten-free diets, but it originally comes from a scientific term for the protein itself, not a food category.
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