Definition

1. Noun:

   • A fine, powdery substance produced by grinding and sifting cereal grains, especially wheat, used in baking and cooking.

2. Verb:

   • To convert grain into flour by grinding.
   • To cover or sprinkle something with flour.

Usage Examples

• Noun:

  • She added a cup of flour to the mixing bowl.
  • This bread is made from whole wheat flour.

• Verb:

  • The mill was built to flour the local wheat.
  • Remember to flour the surface before rolling out the dough.

Advanced Usage

• "to flour one's hands": To coat one's hands with flour to prevent dough from sticking.
  • Flour your hands before shaping the sticky bread dough.

Variants and Related Words

• Floury (adj): Resembling or covered with flour; powdery.
  • The baker's apron was floury after a busy morning.

Synonyms

• Meal (coarser ground grain).
• Powder.

Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)

Related Idioms

Noun

1. fine powdery foodstuff obtained by grinding and sifting the meal of a cereal grain

Verb

1. convert grain into flour
2. cover with flour
   • flour fish or meat before frying it