noun

flour

flour

You need flour to bake a cake.

You need flour to bake a cake.

He dusted the surface with flour.

He dusted the surface with flour.

((uncountable noun)) a powder used in cooking. You need flour to bake a cake.

Synonyms: powder, meal, dust.

From Old French 'flor' ('flower'), meaning the 'finest part' of the meal, like the 'flower' of the wheat.

Imagine a 'flower' made of 'flour' to remember the shared origin.

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