rye flour

1 2.8

A powder from ground rye grain used for baking bread

noun
/raɪ flaʊər/

: harina de centeno

For the recipe, you will need 2 cups of rye flour to make the bread.
1 cup of rye flour
1/2 cup of rye flour
whole rye flour

Examples

The color can be surprisingly light, depending on the rye flour used.

Blog text (21)
Light rye flour (30%-40%) with bread flour.

Blog text (21)
She patted out a crust of rye flour about 1/2 inch thick.

Fiction book (1992)
She mixed rye flour with water and yeast to create a dough for her homemade buns.
To enhance the flavor, use a blend of rye flour and whole wheat flour in your baking.

Synonyms

flour

vsrye flour

197 1.0

A fine powder made from grain used to make bread and cakes

is made from a different grain than wheat and used mainly for breads

Surface Forms

rye flour singular

rye flours plural

Morphology

rye + flour

The meaning 'flour made by grinding rye grain' is directly and compositionally derived from combining 'rye' (a type of grain) with 'flour' (powder from grinding grains). This straightforward noun-noun compound follows common cross-linguistic patterns (e.g., 'harina de centeno'/'farine de seigle'), so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand it.

Etymology

Rye flour comes from the simple, literal idea of making flour from the grain called rye. Farmers ground rye into a fine powder to bake dense, dark breads, so the phrase means 'flour made by grinding rye grain'.