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flour

flour

197 1.0
A fine powder made from grain used to make bread and cakes
  • noun
  • /flaʊər/
translation icon : harina
  • So I have wheat flour, cake flour, sugar, salt water.
  • wheat flour
  • white flour
  • bread flour

It's got bean flour also almond flour, coconut flour.

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Examples

  • Beat in the sugar and vanilla, then stir in the flour until well mixed.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • Stern watches a truck being unloaded of bags of flour, rice, and other supplies.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • In one part we add the sugar and the flour needed.

  • Did you use cake flour this time, wife?

  • Get out your flour, Sugar, and eggs.

  • You could look right through them and see sugar, flour, coffee, and tea bags.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • By the way, you can find this exact flour in any Whole Foods.

  • It's just four ingredients, flour, water, salt and yeast.

  • I had been baking, and flour dusted the front of my shirt and the tops of my shoes.

    Academic text (2011)
  • To make the perfect cake, start by sifting the flour into a large bowl.

Compounds

4 1.0

Powder from wheat used for baking and cooking

Powder made from whole wheat used for baking bread

1 2.2

A building or machine that grinds grain into flour

Flour with baking powder and salt already mixed in to help dough rise

1 6.2

A small insect that lives in flour and stored grains and spoils food

1 1.3

A container for keeping flour in a kitchen or bakery

1 2.8

A powder from ground rye grain used for baking bread

1 1.0

Flour without baking powder used for baking and cooking

Flour with baking powder and salt added so baked goods rise

1 2.5

A fine powder made from ground soybeans used as an ingredient in baking

flour corn
  • Specialized
6.3

A type of corn with very soft kernels used to make fine meal

A small beetle that lives in and eats stored flour and grains

A small moth whose larvae eat stored flour and grain

5.3

A type of flour made from whole wheat that keeps the bran

3.6

Powder made from dried peas used for cooking and baking

Powder from ground soybeans used for baking and cooking

A type of flour not passed through a sieve that has small clumps and makes baked goods heavier

Powder made by grinding whole wheat grain including the bran

How Coarse

meal
133 4.6
farinha
9.9
semolina
1 4.7
flour
197 1.0
powder
220 1.0

Surface Forms

flour singular
flours plural

Etymology

Flour comes from an old French word fleur and is related to the English word flower. fleur meant 'the finest part', so people used it for the soft, white powder from grain that we use in baking.