noun

flour

flour

You need flour to bake a cake.

You need flour to bake a cake.

He uses rice flour for the recipe.

He uses rice flour for the recipe.

a powder obtained by grinding grain You need flour to bake a cake.

Synonyms: powder, meal, dust

From Middle English, a variant of 'flower' in the sense 'the finest part of the meal'.

'Flour' is the 'flower' (best part) of the wheat. They used to be spelled the same.

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