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flour

UK/ˈflaʊ.ə/ US/ˈflaʊ̯.ə/ fairly common
noun (1) verb (2)

noun

1.

fine powdery foodstuff obtained by grinding and sifting the meal of a cereal grain

verb

1.

cover with flour

  • “flour fish or meat before frying it”
2.

Origin

Spelled (until about 1830) and meaning flower in the sense of flour being the "finest portion of ground grain" (compare French fleur de farine, fine fleur). Doublet of fleur, flor, and flower. Partially displaced native meal. The U.S. standard of identity comes from 21CFR137.105.

Phrases

  • all-purpose flour
  • bread flour
  • cold flour
  • cricket flour
  • flour beetle
  • flour corn
  • flour gold
  • flour mill

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