flour
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[edit] English
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- flower (obsolete)
[edit] Pronunciation
- SAMPA: /flaU@`/
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- Rhymes: -aʊə(r)
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[edit] Etymology
Spelled (until c.1830) and meaning "flower" in the sense of flour being the "finest part" of meal
[edit] Noun
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flour (uncountable)
- wheat flour.
- ground or milled grain or cereal.
- powder of other material, e.g., wood flour produced by sanding wood.
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[edit] Verb
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to flour (third-person singular simple present flours, present participle flouring, simple past and past participle floured)
- To apply flour to (something); to cover with flour.
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to apply flour to something

