Flour Definition

flouər, flour

floured, flours

noun

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

Webster's New World

Any finely powdered substance.

Webster's New World

A soft, fine powder.

American Heritage

(US standard of identity) The food made by grinding and bolting cleaned wheat (not durum or red durum) until it meets specified levels of fineness, dryness, and freedom from bran and germ, also containing any of: certain enzymes, ascorbic acid, and certain bleaching agents.

Wiktionary

Synonyms:

Synonyms:
farina
soy flour
soybean flour
pancake flour
cake flour
rolled-oats
barley-meal
potato-flour
buckwheat flour
graham flour
rye-flour
whole wheat flour
wheat-flour
white-flour
shorts

verb

To put flour in or on.

Webster's New World

To make into flour.

Webster's New World

Synonyms:

Synonyms:
dredge

Origin of Flour

Spelled (until c.1830) and meaning "flower" in the sense of flour being the "finest portion of ground grain" (cf. French fleur de farine, fine fleur). For more see flower.

From Wiktionary
Middle English flower, best of anything, flour flower

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
The U.S. standard of identity comes from 21CFR137.105.

From Wiktionary