| NOUN | food | gluten | a protein substance that remains when starch is removed from cereal grains |
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| Sounds | gluw'tahn | |
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| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2525 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | A protein substance that remains when starch is removed from cereal grains; gives cohesiveness to dough. | |
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| Narrower | corn gluten | gluten prepared from corn |
| wheat gluten | gluten prepared from wheat | |
| Broader | protein | Any of a large group of nitrogenous organic compounds that are essential constituents of living cells |
| Adjectives | glutinous | having the sticky properties of an adhesive |