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flour

DEFINITIONS OF: flour

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n fine powdery foodstuff obtained by grinding and sifting the meal of a cereal grain

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plain flour
flour that does not contain a raising agent
wheat flour
flour prepared from wheat
soy flour, soybean flour, soybean meal
meal made from soybeans
semolina
milled product of durum wheat (or other hard wheat) used in pasta
graham, graham flour, whole meal flour, whole wheat flour
flour made by grinding the entire wheat berry including the bran; (`whole meal flour' is British usage)
Type of:
food product, foodstuff
a substance that can be used or prepared for use as food

v cover with flour

flour fish or meat before frying it”
Type of:
dredge
cover before cooking

v convert grain into flour

Type of:
convert
change the nature, purpose, or function of something
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