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flour

/ˈflaʊ.ɚ/noun, verb2 syllables

Flour means: fine powdery foodstuff obtained by grinding and sifting the meal of a cereal grain.

What does flour mean?3

noun

1

fine powdery foodstuff obtained by grinding and sifting the meal of a cereal grain

verb

1

cover with flour“flour fish or meat before frying it”

2

convert grain into flour

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with flour?11

two syllables

three syllables

empowerdevour

four syllables

superpower
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Flour in a sentence

  • Bread is made from flour, water and yeast.CK
  • Bread is made from flour, water, and often yeast.mailohilohi
  • Mix the salt, dry yeast and flour in a big bowl.honestlang
  • We need flour, sugar and eggs to make this cake.papabear
  • The dough is made from water, flour, salt and instant yeast.Hybrid
  • The batter for crepes is made of eggs, flour, butter, milk and sugar.Eccles17
  • I thought it might be cocaine, but it was only flour.CK
  • I thought that it might be cocaine, but it was only flour.CK

Sentences from Tatoeba, CC BY 2.0 FR, credited to their authors.

Forms of flour

as a verb

past tense
floured
present participle
flouring
third-person singular
flours
past participle
floured