[flouuh
r, flou-er] 
| 1. | the finely ground meal of grain, esp. 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. |
| 5. | to make (grain or the like) into flour; grind and bolt. |
| 6. | to sprinkle or dredge with flour: Flour the chicken before frying. |
| 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. |