Definition/Meaning of flour

• English - Noun: Wikipedia flour ( usually uncountable , plural flours ) Powder obtained by grinding or milling cereal grains , especially wheat , and used to bake bread , cakes , and pastry . ( US standard of identity ) The food made by grinding and bolting cleaned wheat (not durum or red durum) until it meets specified levels of fineness , dryness , and freedom from bran and germ , also containing any of:…
• English - Verb: flour ( third-person singular simple present flours , present participle flouring , simple past and past participle floured ) To apply flour to something; to cover with flour . Translations
• English - Alternative forms: flower ( obsolete )
• English - Pronunciation: ( UK ) IPA (key) : /ˈflaʊə/ ( US ) IPA (key) : /ˈflaʊɚ/ Rhymes: -aʊə(r) Homophone: flower (for people who pronounce flour as two syllables or flower as one)
• English - Etymology: Spelled (until c .1830) and meaning "flower" in the sense of flour being the "finest portion of ground grain" (cf. French fleur de farine , fine fleur). For more see flower . The U . S . standard of identity comes from 21CFR137.105.