Flour

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A fine, powdery foodstuff obtained by grinding and sifting the meal of a grain, especially wheat, used chiefly in baking.
  • n. Any of various similar finely ground or powdered foodstuffs, as of cassava, fish, or bananas.
  • n. A soft, fine powder.
  • v. To cover or coat with flour.
  • v. To make into flour.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. Powder obtained by grinding or milling cereal grains, especially wheat, and used to bake bread, cakes, and pastry.
  • n. Powder of other material, e.g., wood flour produced by sanding wood.
  • n. Obsolete form of flower.
  • v. To apply flour to something; to cover with flour.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. 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
  • v. To grind and bolt; to convert into flour.
  • v. To sprinkle with flour.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. An obsolete spelling of flower (in the botanical and derived senses).
  • n. The finely ground meal of wheat or of any other grain; especially, the finer part of meal separated by bolting; hence, any vegetable or other substance reduced to a fine and soft powder: as, flour of emery; hop-flour.
  • n. A snow-like mass of finely crystallized saltpeter used in the manufacture of gunpowder.
  • An obsolete spelling of flower.
  • In mining, in the amalgamation process, the mercury is said to flour when it breaks up into fine globules, which, owing to the presence of some impurity, do not unite with the precious metal with which they are brought in contact.
  • To grind and bolt; convert into flour: as, to flour wheat.
  • To sprinkle with flour.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. cover with flour
  • v. convert grain into flour
  • n. fine powdery foodstuff obtained by grinding and sifting the meal of a cereal grain
  • Equivalent
    Verb Form
    floured    flouring    flours   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    dredge    convert   
    Form
    floured    flouring   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    powder    mealy    sujee    suji    tapioca    farina    cones    plain flour    wheat flour    white flour   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Auer    Bower    Gower    Power    bour    bower    cower    dauer    devour    dour   
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    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    sugar    rice    bread    vinegar    corn    biscuit    powder    honey    meal    coffee