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wheat flour

wheat flour

4 1.0
Powder from wheat used for baking and cooking
  • noun
  • /wiːt flaʊər/
translation icon : harina de trigo
  • This is a scrapple loaf of pork scraps and trimmings combined with cornmeal, wheat flour and spices.
  • whole-wheat flour
  • 1 cup of wheat flour
  • 1 teaspoon of wheat flour

I I switched from white flour to whole wheat flour.

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Examples

  • Add brown or white rice that has already been cooked and some whole wheat flour.

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  • Gluten is responsible for the elastic consistency of dough and the chewiness of foods made from wheat flour, like bread and pasta.

  • And of course some whole wheat flour, which counts.

  • And use whole wheat flour if you need flour. I know.

    Blog text (22)
  • So I have wheat flour, cake flour, sugar, salt water.

  • Much of the rest is blended with winter wheat flour to improve the quality of white pan bread.

    Academic text (1999)
  • We usually make homemade pizza with whole wheat flour, but this tasted just as good.

    Blog text (7)
  • Future generations will likely benefit from wheat flour improvements made today by researchers at the Soft Wheat Quality Laboratory in Wooster, Ohio.

    Academic text (1999)
  • This is Viazi Karai from Kenya, which are boiled potatoes dipped in a mixture of eggs, coriander and wheat flour and then deep fried.

  • In baking, wheat flour is often used to make bread and pastries.

Synonyms

flour
vswheat flour
197 1.0

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

is made from one specific grain rather than various grains
plain flour
vswheat flour
  • UK
1 1.0

Flour without baking powder used for baking and cooking

is defined by being from one specific grain rather than by added agents

How Refined

white bread
12 1.0
wheat flour
4 1.0
wholemeal
  • UK
3.2

Surface Forms

wheat flour singular
wheat flours plural

Morphology

wheat + flour

The meaning 'flour made by grinding wheat' is directly and transparently derived from combining 'wheat' (the cereal) with 'flour' (ground grain). This noun–noun compound follows a common compositional pattern found across languages, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily understand it.

Etymology

Wheat flour comes from the simple act of turning grain into powder: farmers crushed dried wheat between stones to make a fine powder called flour. So wheat flour means 'flour made by grinding wheat', the common powder used for baking.