maida

[ mahy-duh ]

noun
  1. a finely milled, bleached white flour from the Indian subcontinent, used in making pastries and traditional flatbreads.

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How to use maida in a sentence

  • Her eyes were fixed on the motor omnibuses passing up and down maida Vale at the end of her road.

    Jaffery | William J. Locke
  • “Amy White's mother plays dominoes with her every evening,” maida remarked.

    The Butterfly House | Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
  • Annie was almost inconceivably a child, much more of a child than maida or Adelaide Edes.

    The Butterfly House | Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
  • Then there was one double gasp of admiration from maida and Adelaide in their white frocks and blue ribbons.

    The Butterfly House | Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
  • maida and Vimiero were real defeats, but the numbers engaged were insignificant.

    Battles of English History | H. B. (Hereford Brooke) George