flour

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Alternative spellings 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Etymology 1.4 Noun 1.4.1 Translations 1.4.2 See also 1.5 Verb 1.5.1 Translations 1.6 Anagrams 1.7 Pronunciation 1.8 Noun 1.9 Verb

[edit] English

[edit] Alternative spellings

• flower (obsolete)

[edit] Pronunciation

• SAMPA: /flaU@r/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}
• Rhymes: -aʊər
• Homophones: flower

[edit] Etymology

Spelled (until c.1830) and meaning "flower" in the sense of flour being the "finest part" of meal

[edit] Noun

Wikipedia

flour (uncountable)

1. powder obtained by grinding or milling cereal grains, especially wheat, and used to bake bread, cakes, and pastry
2. powder of other material, e.g., wood flour produced by sanding wood.

[edit] Translations

[edit] See also

• bran
• meal

[edit] Verb

to flour (third-person singular simple present flours, present participle flouring, simple past and past participle floured)

1. To apply flour to (something); to cover with flour.

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[edit] Anagrams

• Alphagram: floru
• fluor
• four L

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==Scots==

[edit] Pronunciation

• IPA: /'flu:r/

[edit] Noun

flour (plural flours)

1. A flower.
2. A bouquet. (bunch of flowers)
3. (uncountable) Wheat flour.

[edit] Verb

tae flour (third-person singular simple present flours, present participle flourin, simple past flourt, past participle flourt)

1. To embroider.