Gluten-free means made without the protein found in wheat. A gluten-free menu, gluten-free bread, ask for gluten-free.
For somebody with coeliac disease it is a medical necessity rather than a preference, and even crumbs matter. A gluten-free kitchen has to keep separate boards and toasters, which is why not every place offers it.
1adjectivegluten-freeMade without the protein found in wheat.
“The gluten-free option was a plate of chips and an apology.”
gluten-free is a quality.
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From gluten + -free. free comes from Middle English fre. From Middle English fre, from Old English frēo, frēoh, frī, friġ, frīoh (“free”), from Proto-West Germanic frī, from Proto-Germanic frijaz (“beloved, not in bondage”), from Proto-Indo-European priHós (“pleased, loved”), from preyH- (“to please; to love”). Related to friend. cognates, etc
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