Definitions for flour
flaʊər, ˈflaʊ ərflour

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. flour(verb)

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

2. flour(verb)

   cover with flour

   "flour fish or meat before frying it"

3. flour(verb)

   convert grain into flour

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. flour(Noun)

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

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

2. flour(Noun)

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

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

3. flour(Verb)

   To apply flour to something; to cover with flour.

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

Webster Dictionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Flour(noun)

   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

   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.]

2. Flour(verb)

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

   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.]

3. Flour(verb)

   to sprinkle with flour

   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.]

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Flour

   Ground up seed of WHEAT.

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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  

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

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

Anagrams for flour »

1. four L

2. fluor

How to pronounce flour?

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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. 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.

2. De Souza:

   Legumes also have a low ‘glycemic index,’ which means the carbohydrates in them do not raise blood sugars as rapidly as things like white bread or white flour.

3. Shelley Case:

   Many gluten-free baked products are made with white rice flour or various starches and contain more fat and sugar to make them bind together and be more palatable.

4. Probaerb:

   When God sends flour the devil carries off the sack.

5. Remy de Gourmont:

   The human mind is so complex and things are so tangled up with each other that, to explain a blade of straw, one would have to take to pieces an entire universe. A definition is a sack of flour compressed into a thimble.

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