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flour Definition:
- Flour is a powder made by grinding uncooked cereal grains or other seeds or roots . It is the main ingredient of bread, which is a staple food for many cultures, making the availability of adequate supplies of flour a major economic and political issue at various times throughout history. Wheat flour is one of the most important ingredients in Oceanic, European, South American, North American, Middle Eastern, Indian and North African cultures, and is the defining ingredient in their styles of breads and pastries.
| Flour (n.) The finely ground meal of wheat, or of any other grain |
| Flour (v. t.) To grind and bolt |
| Flour (v. t.) To sprinkle with flour. |
| flour beetle / flour weevil an insect that infests flour and stored grains |
| Mediterranean flour moth / Anagasta kuehniella small moth whose larvae damage stored grain and flour |
| flour bin a bin for holding flour |
| flour mill a mill for grinding grain into flour |
| pea flour meal made from dried peas |
| flour fine powdery foodstuff obtained by grinding and sifting the meal of a cereal grain |
| plain flour flour that does not contain a raising agent |
| wheat flour flour prepared from wheat |
| whole wheat flour / graham flour / graham / whole meal flour flour made by grinding the entire wheat berry including the bran, (`whole meal flour' is British usage) |
| soybean meal / soybean flour / soy flour meal made from soybeans |
flour Synonyme:
| flour abrade air pollution alabaster atomize attritus beat besprinkle bran bray bread brecciate chalk comminute contriturate cosmic dust crumb crumble crush disintegrate dot dredge driven snow dust dust ball efflorescence fallout farina filings fleece foam fragment grain granulate granulize grate grind grind to powder grits groats ivory kittens levigate lily lint maggot mash meal milk mill paper pearl pepper pestle pound powder pulverize pussies raspings reduce to powder sawdust scrunch shard sheet shred silver smash smut snow soot spatter speck speckle splatter spot sprinkle squash stud swan triturate |
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