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Flour is defined as a fine powder or meal made from ground grain, roots, nuts and vegetables.

(noun)

A fine powder used to make cakes and cookies and made from ground wheat is an example of flour.

To flour means to sprinkle a thin powder (also called flour) onto a surface in order to prepare that surface and prevent sticking.

(verb)

When you are making bread and you do not want it to stick to the counter, you spread a thin powder (made from ground grain) onto the counter; this act of spreading the powder is an example of how to flour the surface.

See flour in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

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

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

transitive verb

to put flour in or on
to make into flour

See flour in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A fine, powdery foodstuff obtained by grinding and sifting the meal of a grain, especially wheat, used chiefly in baking.
Any of various similar finely ground or powdered foodstuffs, as of cassava, fish, or bananas.
A soft, fine powder.

transitive verb floured, flour·ing, flours