flournoun [ U ]
uk/flaʊər/us/ˈflaʊ.ɚ/B1 powder made from grain, especially wheat, used for making bread, cakes, pasta, pastry, etc.
See also
cornflour
Examples
- In a large bowl, mix together the flour, sugar and raisins in a bowl.
- To make the pastry, sieve the flour and salt into a mixing bowl.
- Thicken the sauce with a little flour.
- I buy unbleached flour from the local health food store.
- Gently work the butter into the flour until there are no lumps left.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Flour & yeast
- all-purpose flour
- cassava
- cornflour
- cornmeal
- cornstarch
- floury
- gluten
- meal
- mielie meal
- oatmeal
- polenta
- self-raising flour
- self-rising flour
- semolina
- sourdough
- wheatmeal
- wholegrain
- wholemeal
- wholewheat
- yeast
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flourverb [ T ]
uk/flaʊər/us/ˈflaʊ.ɚ/to put flour on a surface to prevent food from sticking:
Grease and flour the tins thoroughly.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Preparing food
- butter
- can't boil an egg idiom
- caramelize
- carve
- clarified
- cube
- dice
- fold
- leaven
- liquidize
- malt
- marinade
- marinate
- salt
- spice
- stuffed
- sweeten
- thicken
- thin
- whip sth up
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