flour

//ˈflaʊ.ə//

Forms

Noun
A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Plural: flours

Verb
A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

present (v1): flour
past (v2): floured
past participle (v3): floured
present participle: flouring
3rd person singular: flours

Definitions

Noun
A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

1.Powder obtained by grinding or milling cereal grains, especially wheat, or other foodstuffs such as soybeans and potatoes, and used to bake bread, cakes, and pastry.
2.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.
3.Powder of other material.

Verb
A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

1.To break up into fine globules of mercury in the amalgamation process.
2.To apply flour to something; to cover with flour.
3.To reduce to flour.

Frequency

Overall

Rare· #4256

By learning goal

Everyday conversation: Rare
General reading & writing: Rare
Academic: Rare
Literature: Rare

Etymology

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.

NounNoun×A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

VerbVerb×A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

NounNoun×A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

VerbVerb×A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

Overall

By learning goal

Noun
A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Verb
A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.

Noun
A word that identifies a person, place, thing, or idea.

Verb
A word that expresses an action, state, or occurrence.