Definition

1. Verb:
   • To knead flour: The action of mixing and working flour, typically with water or other liquids, to form a dough by pressing, folding, and stretching it with the hands.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Cô ấy đang nhồi bột để làm bánh mì. (She is kneading flour to make bread.)
  • Nhồi bột đúng cách rất quan trọng để bánh pizza có đế dai ngon. (Kneading flour properly is very important for pizza to have a delicious chewy crust.)

Advanced Usage

• "nhồi bột thủ công": to knead flour by hand.
  • Nhiều thợ làm bánh vẫn thích nhồi bột thủ công. (Many bakers still prefer to knead flour by hand.)
• "nhồi bột đến khi dẻo mịn": to knead flour until smooth and pliable.
  • Công thức yêu cầu nhồi bột đến khi dẻo mịn. (The recipe requires kneading the flour until smooth and pliable.)

Variants and Related Words

• Nhồi (verb): to stuff, to cram. (Note: This is the base verb, but when combined with "bột," it specifically means "to knead flour.")
• Bột (noun): flour, powder.
• Nhào bột (verb phrase): a synonym meaning to knead dough. This is a closely related compound phrase.
• Ủ bột (verb phrase): to proof or let dough rise (a subsequent step after kneading).

Synonyms

• Nhào bột: to knead dough.
• Quết bột: to beat batter (often for cakes, a different mixing technique).

Related Phrases

• Nhồi nhét (verb phrase): to cram, to stuff (e.g., information, objects). This is a different compound verb not related to cooking.
  • Đừng nhồi nhét kiến thức trước kỳ thi. (Don't cram knowledge before the exam.)

Related Idioms

(This specific culinary term is not commonly used in idiomatic expressions. Its usage is primarily literal and technical.)

verb

1. to knead flour