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flour definition

flour (flo̵ur)

noun

  1. a fine, powdery substance, or meal, produced by grinding and sifting grain, esp. wheat, or any of various edible roots, nuts, etc.
  2. any finely powdered substance

Etymology: ME (see flower): a fig. use as “best, prime” in “flour of wheat,” after Fr fleur de farine, lit., flower of meal

transitive verb

  1. to put flour in or on
  2. to make into flour

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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