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noun
1.
the finely ground meal of grain, especially the finer meal separated by bolting.
2.
the finely ground and bolted meal of wheat, as that used in baking.
3.
a finely ground, powdery foodstuff, as of dehydrated potatoes, fish, or bananas.
4.
a fine, soft powder: flour of emery.
verb (used with object)
5.
to make (grain or the like) into flour; grind and bolt.
6.
to sprinkle or dredge with flour: Flour the chicken before frying.
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Floured
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verb (used without object)
7.
(of mercury) to refuse to amalgamate with another metal because of some impurity of the metal; lie on the surface of the metal in the form of minute globules.
8.
to disintegrate into minute particles.
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Word Origin & History
flour
early 13c., flur "flower," in the sense of flour being the "finest part" of meal (cf. Fr. fleur de farine). Spelled flower until flour became the accepted form c.1830 to end confusion. See flower.
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