Middling (Noun)
Meaning
Any commodity of intermediate quality or size (especially when coarse particles of ground wheat are mixed with bran).
Classification
Nouns denoting man-made objects.
Examples
- The miller sorted the wheat into fine flour, middling, and coarse bran for different customers.
- Bakers often used middling to make whole wheat bread with a coarser texture.
- The old mill produced a mixture of fine flour and middling, which was then sold to local bakeries.
- The recipe called for a combination of fine flour and middling to achieve the right consistency.
- Middling was used to make a type of whole grain cereal that was popular among health enthusiasts.