From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishflourflour1 /flaʊə $ flaʊr/ ●●● S3 W3 noun [uncountable] DFCa powder that is made by crushing wheat or other grain and that is used for making bread, cakes etcwhite/wholemeal/rice/wheat etc flour → plain flour, self-raising flour
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flour• Add flour, seasoned salt, pepper and garlic.• Stir in enough additional flour to make soft dough.• They said the protesters let off stink bombs and covered four players with eggs and flour.• Add a little extra flour if necessary. 3.• When thick and mousse-like, fold in the sifted flour and salt.• In a small bowl, combine sugar, flour, salt, cinnamon and nutmeg.• Mix the flour and sugar.white/wholemeal/rice/wheat etc flour• Recently it started selling beer, wine, coffee and white flour.• The refined carbohydrates - white flour, rice and pasta - should be replaced by wholemeal versions.• The mill has been restored and can be seen grinding wholemeal flour on weekdays and Sunday afternoons between Easter and October.• Many people react adversely to gluten, present in wheat flour.• The combination of one-third wheat to two-thirds white flour makes a light, crackly, and satisfying loaf.• As this is not always available, I've used wheat flour.• Add whole wheat flour and all-purpose flour and stir.• There are also recipes that use only whole wheat flour yet yield a fairly light loaf.flourflour2 verb [transitive] DFCto cover a surface with flour when you are cooking Roll the pastry out on a lightly floured board.→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpus
flour• Pour into a greased and floured 9-by-13-inch pan.• Turn dough on to a lightly floured board or other surface and knead lightly 7 or 8 times.• a lightly floured board• Lightly flour rabbit pieces and brown in batches in oil.• Grease and flour the bottom of a 13-by-9-inch pan.• Add about 2 more cups flour to make manageable dough and turn out on to lightly floured surface.Origin flour1 (1200-1300) → FLOWER1 “best part”; because it is the best of the grain 