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Definitions for Flour

[1] the finely ground meal of grain, especially the finer meal separated by bolting.
[2] the finely ground and bolted meal of wheat, as that used in baking.
[3] a finely ground, powdery foodstuff, as of dehydrated potatoes, fish, or bananas.
[4] a fine, soft powder: flour of emery.
[5] to make (grain or the like) into flour; grind and bolt.
[6] to sprinkle or dredge with flour: Flour the chicken before frying.
[7] (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.
[8] to disintegrate into minute particles.
[9] a powder, which may be either fine or coarse, prepared by sifting and grinding the meal of a grass, esp wheat
[10] any finely powdered substance
[11] (tr) to make (grain) into flour
[12] (tr) to dredge or sprinkle (food or cooking utensils) with flour
[13] (of mercury) to break into fine particles on the surface of a metal rather than amalgamating, or to produce such an effect on (a metal). The effect is caused by impurities, esp sulphur

Words related to Flour

grate, shatter, pulverize, pound, rasp, crunch, strew, bray, smash, reduce, cover, scrape, grind, dredge, abrade, file, dust, crumble, granulate, scatter

Words nearby Flour

flotus, flounce, flouncing, flouncy, flounder, flour, flour beetle, flour mill, flour mite, flour moth, flourish

Origin of Flour

1200–50; Middle English; special use of flower. Compare French fleur de farine the flower or finest part of the meal

Words that may be confused with Flour

flour, flower

Other words from Flour

flour·less , adjective
o·ver·flour , verb
un·floured , adjective

Word origin for Flour

C13 flur finer portion of meal, flower

Synonyms for Flour

grate, abrade, bray, comminute, cover, crumble, crunch, dredge, dust, file, granulate, grind, pestle, pound, pulverize, rasp, reduce, scatter, scrape, smash, strew, triturate