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Flour
Grammatical Information
Animacy status
Inanimate
Composition
Simple
Uncountable
Plural form
flours
What is "flour"?
Flour is a powdery substance made by grinding grains, nuts, seeds, or roots. It is a key ingredient in baking and cooking, used to make bread, cakes, cookies, and other baked goods. Flour provides structure, texture, and thickness to recipes, and it can be made from various sources such as wheat, rice, corn, or almonds.
Examples
For a gluten-free option, substitute regular flour with almond flour in the cake recipe.
to flour
01
convert grain into flour
Grammatical Information
Composition
derived
Action verb
Regular
Present tense
flour
3rd person singular
flours
Present participle
flouring
Past simple
floured
Past participle
floured
02
cover with flour
Lexical Tree
floury
flour
