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Meaning of flour | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C1 Standard
ˈflaʊ̯.ə

Definitions

  1. Powder obtained by grinding or milling cereal grains, especially wheat, or other foodstuffs such as soybeans and potatoes, and used to bake bread, cakes, and pastry.
    uncountable, usually
  2. Powder obtained by grinding or milling cereal grains, especially wheat, or other foodstuffs such as soybeans and potatoes, and used to bake bread, cakes, and pastry
  3. 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 certain enzymes, ascorbic acid, and certain bleaching agents.
    uncountable, usually
  4. 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 certain enzymes, ascorbic acid, and certain bleaching agents
  5. Powder of other material.
    uncountable, usually
  6. Powder of other material
  7. Obsolete form of flower
  8. To apply flour to something; to cover with flour

Equivalents

Afrikaans meel
አማርኛ ዱቄት
العربية الطّحين دجيج دقيق ذرور طحن طحين
Azərbaycanca un
Български брашно
বাংলা আঁটা ময়দা
བོད་སྐད ཕྱེ
Bosanski muka soma брашно мука
Català enfarinar farina
Čeština mouka
Cymraeg blawd can
Dansk mel
Deutsch bemehlen Mehl
Ελληνικά αλεύρι αλευρώνω πασπάλη σκόνη
Esperanto faruno
Español chuño enharinar farina farina (disused) granillo harina soma
Eesti jahu
Euskara irin
فارسی آرد
Suomi jauhe jauho jauhottaa
Français enfariner farine fariner
Gaeilge plúr plúraigh
Gàidhlig flùr min
Galego fariña óleo
ગુજરાતી આટો લોટ
עברית קמח
हिन्दी आटा
Hrvatski muka soma брашно мука
Magyar liszt
Հայերեն ալյուր
Bahasa Indonesia aci tepung
Íslenska mjöl
Italiano farina infarinare
日本語 フラワー メリケン粉 小麦粉 穀粉 粉 麵 麺
ქართული ფქვილი
Қазақша ұн
ខ្មែរ ម្សៅ
ಕನ್ನಡ ಹಿಟ್ಟು
한국어 末 가루 밀가루
Kurdî bot can can min min moka şoma un
Кыргызча ун
Latina farina
Lëtzebuergesch Miel
ລາວ ແປ້ງ
Latviešu milti
Malagasy koba
Te Reo Māori parāoa
Македонски брашно
Монгол гурил
मराठी पीठ
Bahasa Melayu tepung
Malti dqiq
မြန်မာဘာသာ ဂျုံမှုန့် မှုန်
नेपाली आटो पिठो
Nederlands bloem meel
ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଅଟା
ਪੰਜਾਬੀ آٹا ਆਟਾ
Polski mączny mąka
پښتو اوړه
Português enfarinhar farinha
Română făină
Русский мука порошо́к пыль
සිංහල පිටි
Slovenčina muka
Slovenščina moka
Soomaali daqiiq
Shqip miell
Српски muka soma брашно мука
Svenska mjöl
தமிழ் மாவு
తెలుగు పిండి
Тоҷикӣ орд
ไทย แป้ง
Türkmençe un
Tagalog arina harina
Türkçe un
ئۇيغۇرچە ئۇن
Українська бо́рошно борошняний мука
اردو آٹا
Oʻzbekcha un
Tiếng Việt bót phắn
中文 мян 麵粉 /面粉

Examples

“Everything a living animal could do to destroy and to desecrate bed and walls had been done. […] A canister of flour from the kitchen had been thrown at the looking-glass and lay like trampled snow over the remains of a decent blue suit with the lining ripped out which lay on top of the ruin of a plastic wardrobe.”
“mustard flour”
“that nobody is wished to see my dead body. & that no murnurs walk behind me at my funeral. & that no flours be planted on my grave.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

flour beetle flour corn flour gold flour mill flour mite flour moth

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