Flour

/ˈflaΚŠΙ™/

The meaning and definition of Flour, with examples, synonyms, and a word game to make it stick.

Definition

noun
  1. A plant that bears flowers, especially a plant that is small and lacks wood.
    β€œWe transplanted the flowers to a larger pot.”
  2. (usually with in) Of plants, a state of bearing blooms.
    β€œThe dogwoods are in flower this week.”
noun
  1. Powder obtained by grinding or milling cereal grains, especially wheat, or other foodstuffs such as soybeans and potatoes, and used to bake bread, cakes, and pastry.
  2. The food made by grinding and bolting cleaned wheat (not durum or red durum) until it meets specified levels of fineness, dryness and freedom from bran and germ, also containing any of certain enzymes, ascorbic acid and certain bleaching agents.
Synonyms cream prime head pseudanthium plain flour smeddum

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