flour
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flour
ground meal
Not to be confused with:
flower – a blossom; a plant that blooms
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flour
(flou′ər, flour)n.
1. A fine, powdery foodstuff obtained by grinding and sifting the meal of a grain, especially wheat, used chiefly in baking.
2. Any of various similar finely ground or powdered foodstuffs, as of cassava, chickpeas, or bananas.
3. A soft, fine powder.
tr.v. floured, flour·ing, flours
1. To cover or coat with flour.
2. To make into flour.
[Middle English, flower, best of anything, flour; see flower.]
flour′y adj.
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flour
(ˈflaʊə)n
1. (Cookery) a powder, which may be either fine or coarse, prepared by sifting and grinding the meal of a grass, esp wheat
2. (Cookery) any finely powdered substance
vb
3. (Cookery) (tr) to make (grain) into flour
4. (Cookery) (tr) to dredge or sprinkle (food or cooking utensils) with flour
5. (Metallurgy) (of mercury) to break into fine particles on the surface of a metal rather than amalgamating, or to produce such an effect on (a metal). The effect is caused by impurities, esp sulphur
[C13 flur finer portion of meal, flower]
ˈfloury adj
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flour
(flaʊər, ˈflaʊ ər)n.
1. the finely ground meal of grain, esp. wheat, separated by bolting.
2. a finely ground preparation of fish, bananas, dehydrated potatoes, etc.
3. a fine, soft powder.
v.t. 4. to make (grain) into flour; grind and bolt.
5. to sprinkle or coat with flour.
v.i. 6. to disintegrate into minute particles.
[1200–50; Middle English; special use of flower]
flour′less, adj.
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flour
Past participle: floured
Gerund: flouring
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Collins English Verb Tables © HarperCollins Publishers 2011
flour
To coat with seasoned flour, usually before frying.
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| Noun | 1. |  flour - fine powdery foodstuff obtained by grinding and sifting the meal of a cereal grainfood product, foodstuff - a substance that can be used or prepared for use as food plain flour - flour that does not contain a raising agent wheat flour - flour prepared from wheat semolina - milled product of durum wheat (or other hard wheat) used in pasta pastry - any of various baked foods made of dough or batter bread, breadstuff, staff of life - food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked dough - a flour mixture stiff enough to knead or roll |
| Verb | 1. | flour - cover with flour; "flour fish or meat before frying it" cookery, cooking, preparation - the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat; "cooking can be a great art"; "people are needed who have experience in cookery"; "he left the preparation of meals to his wife" dredge - cover before cooking; "dredge the chicken in flour before frying it" |
| 2. | flour - convert grain into flour convert - change the nature, purpose, or function of something; "convert lead into gold"; "convert hotels into jails"; "convert slaves to laborers" |
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Translations
طَحِيـنطَحين، دَقيق
mouka
mel
jauhotjauhottaa
brašno
belisztez
hveiti; kornmjöl
小麦粉
가루
miltai
milti
moka
mjöl
แป้ง
bột mì
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
flour
n → Mehl nt
flour
:flour bin
n → Mehlbüchse f
flour dredger
n → Mehlstreuer m
flour
:flour mill
n → (Korn)mühle f
flour shaker
n → Mehlstreuer m
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
flour
(ˈflauə) noun wheat, or other cereal, ground into a powder and used for cooking, baking etc.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
flour
→ طَحِيـن mouka mel Mehl αλεύρι harina jauhot farine brašno farina 小麦粉 가루 bloem mel mąka farinha мука mjöl แป้ง un bột mì 面粉Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
flour
n harinaEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.