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flour Definition

flour (flo̵ur)

noun

  1. a fine, powdery substance, or meal, produced by grinding and sifting grain, esp. wheat, or any of various edible roots, nuts, etc.
  2. any finely powdered substance

Etymology: ME (see flower): a fig. use as “best, prime” in “flour of wheat,” after Fr fleur de farine, lit., flower of meal

transitive verb

  1. to put flour in or on
  2. to make into flour

flour Synonyms

flour

n.

meal, pulp, powder, grit, bran, farina, breadstuff, gluten, starch, bleached flour, unbleached flour, wheat germ, semolina, patent flour, middlings, shorts, white flour, wheat flour, whole wheat flour, rye flour, graham flour, buckwheat flour, potato flour, barley meal, cornmeal, oatmeal, rolled oats, cake flour, pancake flour, soybean flour, soy flour.

flour Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • sift: Meanwhile sift the remaining flour with the salt & spice.
  • sieve: First sieve the flour, salt, yeast and sugar into bowl and make a well.
  • sprinkle: On a clean surface, gently sprinkle some flour.
  • grind: It took a long time to grind enough flour to make bread.

Adjective modifier

  • self-raising: The price of self-raising flour has gone up by two pence, wasn't it?
  • wholemeal: We produce wholemeal organic spelled flour that will bake a highly nutritious loaf, full of flavor.
  • seasoned: Wash the filets clean, then toss in the seasoned flour to cover both sides.
  • stoneground: Today it still produces organic stoneground wholemeal flour using French burr stones, a quartz which produces the finest quality flour.
  • plain: To make the pastry, weigh out an amount of flour ( say 6 ounces of plain flour ).
  • 25g: Mix together 75g oats, 25g plain flour and 15g flaked almonds.

Modifies a noun

  • tortilla: These range from ciabatta, pumpernickel, baguette and soda bread, to bagels, flour tortillas and pitta.
  • milling: The firm of McDougall Brothers evolved into the first of Britain's giant flour milling concerns.
  • mill: The former flour mill is now the North's premier art gallery.
  • miller: UK flour millers therefore have to import some organic wheat.

Noun used with modifier

  • wheat: Wheat flour is sold in three main forms - wholemeal, brown or white.
  • rye: It is difficult to make rye bread using rye flour alone.
  • soya: Pollen Substitute Toasted soya flour 1 part by weight.
  • buckwheat: It is indispensable when baking with unusual flours, helping give lift to cakes made from cornmeal, buckwheat flour and millet flour.
  • chickpea: Chickpea flour should also be bought little and often.
  • tbsp: For a thicker soup reheat the blended liquid with a paste made from rose water, lemon juice and 1 tbsp corn flour.
flour Quotes

And I have seen dust from the walls of institutions, Finer than flour, alive, more dangerous than silica, Sift, almost invisible, through long afternoons of tedium.

—Rogers,Will

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