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Definition of 'flour'English
Alternative forms
* flower (obsolete)
Noun
( wikipedia)
( en-noun)
Powder obtained by grinding or milling cereal grains, especially wheat, and used to bake bread, cakes, and pastry.
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and certain bleaching agents.
Powder of other material.
- wood flour , produced by sanding wood
- mustard flour
- that nobody is wished to see my dead body. & that no murnurs walk behind me at my funeral. & that no flours be planted on my grave.'' — Thomas Hardy, ''The Mayor of Casterbridge .
Synonyms
* smeddum, plain flour, wheat flour, white flour
Derived terms
* self-raising flour, self-rising flour
See also
* bran
* farina
* meal
* smeddum
Verb
( en-verb)
To apply flour to something; to cover with flour.
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