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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024flour /flaʊr, ˈflaʊɚ/USA pronunciation n. [uncountable]- Foodthe finely ground meal of grain, esp. wheat, used in baking and cooking:whole-wheat flour.
v. [~ + object] - Foodto sprinkle or coat with flour.
flour•y, adj., -i•er, -i•est. See -flor-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024flour (flouər, flou′ər),USA pronunciation n. - Foodthe finely ground meal of grain, esp. the finer meal separated by bolting.
- Foodthe finely ground and bolted meal of wheat, as that used in baking.
- Fooda finely ground, powdery foodstuff, as of dehydrated potatoes, fish, or bananas.
- a fine, soft powder:flour of emery.
v.t. - to make (grain or the like) into flour;
grind and bolt. - Foodto sprinkle or dredge with flour:Flour the chicken before frying.
v.i. - (of mercury) to refuse to amalgamate with another metal because of some impurity of the metal;
lie on the surface of the metal in the form of minute globules. - to disintegrate into minute particles.
- 1200–50; Middle English; special use of flower. Compare French fleur de farine the flower or finest part of the meal
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: flour /ˈflaʊə/ n - a powder, which may be either fine or coarse, prepared by sifting and grinding the meal of a grass, esp wheat
- any finely powdered substance
vb - (transitive) to make (grain) into flour
- (transitive) to dredge or sprinkle (food or cooking utensils) with flour
Etymology: 13th Century flur finer portion of meal, flowerˈfloury adj |