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Definitions for flour
flaʊər, ˈflaʊ ərflour

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. flourverb

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

  2. flourverb

    cover with flour

    "flour fish or meat before frying it"

  3. flourverb

    convert grain into flour

Wiktionary

  1. flournoun

    Powder obtained by grinding or milling cereal grains, especially wheat, and used to bake bread, cakes, and pastry.

  2. flournoun

    Powder of other material, e.g., wood flour produced by sanding wood.

  3. flourverb

    To apply flour to something; to cover with flour.

  4. Etymology: Spelled (until c.1830) and meaning "flower" in the sense of flour being the "finest part" of meal

Wikipedia

  1. Flour

    Flour is a powder made by grinding raw grains, roots, beans, nuts, or seeds. Flours are used to make many different foods. Cereal flour, particularly wheat flour, is the main ingredient of bread, which is a staple food for many cultures. Corn flour has been important in Mesoamerican cuisine since ancient times and remains a staple in the Americas. Rye flour is a constituent of bread in central and northern Europe. Cereal flour consists either of the endosperm, germ, and bran together (whole-grain flour) or of the endosperm alone (refined flour). Meal is either differentiable from flour as having slightly coarser particle size (degree of comminution) or is synonymous with flour; the word is used both ways. For example, the word cornmeal often connotes a grittier texture whereas corn flour connotes fine powder, although there is no codified dividing line. The CDC has cautioned not to eat raw flour doughs or batters. Raw flour can contain bacteria like E. coli and needs to be cooked like other foods.

ChatGPT

  1. flour

    Flour is a powdery substance typically made by grinding raw grains or roots and used to make many different foods such as bread, cakes, and pastries. It serves as a primary ingredient in baking and can be made from a variety of sources including wheat, corn, rice, and oats among others. Its properties, including its protein and gluten content, can greatly affect the structure and texture of the baked goods it is used to make.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Flournoun

    the finely ground meal of wheat, or of any other grain; especially, the finer part of meal separated by bolting; hence, the fine and soft powder of any substance; as, flour of emery; flour of mustard

  2. Flourverb

    to grind and bolt; to convert into flour; as, to flour wheat

  3. Flourverb

    to sprinkle with flour

  4. Etymology: [F. fleur de farine the flower (i.e., the best) of meal, cf. Sp. flor de la harina superfine flour, Icel. flr flower, flour. See Flower.]

Wikidata

  1. Flour

    Flour is a powder which is made by grinding cereal grains, or other seeds or roots. It is the main ingredient of bread, which is a staple food for many cultures, making the availability of adequate supplies of flour a major economic and political issue at various times throughout history. Wheat flour is one of the most important foods in European, North American, Middle Eastern, Indian and North African cultures, and is the defining ingredient in most of their styles of breads and pastries. While wheat is the most common base for flour, maize flour has been important in Mesoamerican cuisine since ancient times, and remains a staple throughout the Americas. Rye flour is an important constituent of bread in much of central Europe, and rice can also be used in flour, though this is relatively uncommon.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Flour

    flowr, n. the finely-ground meal of wheat or other grain: the fine soft powder of any substance.—v.t. to reduce into or sprinkle with flour.—v.i. to break up into fine globules of mercury in the amalgamation process.—ns. Flour′-bolt, a machine for bolting flour; Flour′-mill, a mill for making flour.—adj. Flour′y, covered with flour. [Fr. fleur (de farine, of meal), fine flour—L. flos, floris, a flower.]

U.S. National Library of Medicine

  1. Flour

    Ground up seed of WHEAT.

Editors Contribution

  1. flour

    A type of food and product.

    Flour is used to make bread, cakes, pastries and pasta.


    Submitted by MaryC on January 9, 2017  

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  1. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'flour' in Nouns Frequency: #2916

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Anagrams for flour »

  1. fluor

  2. four L

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of flour in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of flour in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of flour in a Sentence

  1. Probaerb:

    When God sends flour the devil carries off the sack.

  2. Guo Yi:

    The flour is more expensive than the bread, we see increasing risks.

  3. Juan Crespo:

    The government is n’t importing enough wheat, if you don’t have wheat, you don’t have flour, and if you don’t have flour, you don’t have bread.

  4. Kaleigh McMordie:

    Frozen breakfast pastries consist of several forms of highly processed carbohydrates and sugar with no real nutritional value, not to mention all the chemical preservatives. Regular intake of these kinds of highly processed foods— high in refined white flour, refined sugar and high fructose corn syrup — is associated with a poor lipid profile, high triglyceride and LDL cholesterol levels in the blood, caused by high refined carb intake, is a major risk factor for heart disease. Skip the toaster pastries and opt for a breakfast that has a balance of healthy fat, protein, and carbohydrates from whole grains or fruit.

  5. The FDA:

    Beech-Nut is concerned about the ability to consistently obtain rice flour well-below the FDA guidance level and Beech-Nut specifications for naturally occurring inorganic arsenic.

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