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[ flouuhr-ee, flou-uh-ree ] / ˈflaʊər i, ˈflaʊ ə ri / SEE SYNONYMS FOR floury ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectiveof, relating to, or resembling flour. white with flour. Origin of flouryFirst recorded in 1585–95; flour + -y1 Words nearby flouryflourish, flourishing, flour mill, flour mite, flour moth, floury, flout, flow, flowage, flowback, flow breccia Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for flouryWhen she opened the door she gazed at me with watering eyes, and in perplexity stroked her disordered hair with a floury hand. The Return of the Soldier|Rebecca West “Say one,” cried a baker, who had been listening to this, with a broad grin on his floury countenance. Fighting the Flames|R.M. Ballantyne "O, yes'm; I'd be delighted," replied Mother Hubbard, a smile lighting up her face even to the floury tip of her nose. Prudy Keeping House|Sophie May For clear soups care must be taken that nothing of a floury nature be added to the stock pot. The Story of Crisco|Marion Harris Neil
Words related to flourychalky, crumbly, grainy, dusty, gravelly, crumbling, dry, fine, friable, gritty, impalpable, loose, mealy, sandy, granular, pulverulent, arenaceous, arenose, branny, pulverized |