flour
Translation
flour
Examples
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.
Grammar Patterns
a powder obtained by grinding grain You need flour to bake a cake.
Similar Words
Synonyms: powder, meal, dust
Etymology
From Middle English, a variant of 'flower' in the sense 'the finest part of the meal'.
Memory Tips
'Flour' is the 'flower' (best part) of the wheat. They used to be spelled the same.