'Gluten' definitions:
Definition of 'gluten'
From: WordNet
noun
A protein substance that remains when starch is removed from cereal grains; gives cohesiveness to dough
Definition of 'Gluten'
From: GCIDE
- Gluten \Glu"ten\, n. [L., glue: cf. F. gluten. See Glue.] (Chem.) The viscid, tenacious substance which gives adhesiveness to dough. [1913 Webster]
- Note: Gluten is a complex and variable mixture of glutin or gliadin, vegetable fibrin, vegetable casein, oily material, etc., and is a very nutritious element of food. It may be separated from the flour of grain by subjecting this to a current of water, the starch and other soluble matters being thus washed out. [1913 Webster]
- Gluten bread, bread containing a large proportion of gluten; -- used in cases of diabetes.
- Gluten casein (Chem.), a vegetable proteid found in the seeds of grasses, and extracted as a dark, amorphous, earthy mass.
- Gluten fibrin (Chem.), a vegetable proteid found in the cereal grains, and extracted as an amorphous, brownish yellow substance. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'gluten'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- albumen,
- batter,
- bonnyclabber,
- butter,
- clabber,
- cornstarch,
- cream,
- curd,
- dough,
- egg white,
- gaum,
- gel,
- gelatin,
- glair,
- glop,
- glue,
- goo,
- gook,
- goop,
- gruel,
- gumbo,
- gunk,
- jam,
- jell,
- jelly,
- loblolly,
- molasses,
- mucilage,
- mucus,
- pap,
- paste,
- porridge,
- pudding,
- pulp,
- puree,
- putty,
- rob,
- semifluid,
- semiliquid,
- size,
- soup,
- starch,
- sticky mess,
- syrup,
- treacle