flour
flour /fl'aʊ'ər/ (flours flouring floured)
1 [N-MASS]
Flour is a white or brown powder that is made by grinding grain. It is used to make bread, cakes, and pastry.
2 [VERB] V n, V-ed
If you flour cooking equipment or food, you cover it with flour.
Lightly flour a rolling pin...
Remove the dough from the bowl and put it on a floured surface.plain flour
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Plain flour is flour that does not make cakes and biscuits rise when they are cooked because it has no chemicals added to it. (BRIT; in AM, use all-purpose flour)self-raising flour
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Self-raising flour is flour that makes cakes rise when they are cooked because it has chemicals added to it. (BRIT; in AM, use self-rising flour)self-rising flour
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Self-rising flour is flour that makes cakes rise when they are cooked because it has chemicals added to it. (AM; in BRIT, use self-raising flour)
1 [N-MASS]
Flour is a white or brown powder that is made by grinding grain. It is used to make bread, cakes, and pastry.
2 [VERB] V n, V-ed
If you flour cooking equipment or food, you cover it with flour.
Lightly flour a rolling pin...
Remove the dough from the bowl and put it on a floured surface.plain flour
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Plain flour is flour that does not make cakes and biscuits rise when they are cooked because it has no chemicals added to it. (BRIT; in AM, use all-purpose flour)self-raising flour
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Self-raising flour is flour that makes cakes rise when they are cooked because it has chemicals added to it. (BRIT; in AM, use self-rising flour)self-rising flour
[N-UNCOUNT]
Self-rising flour is flour that makes cakes rise when they are cooked because it has chemicals added to it. (AM; in BRIT, use self-raising flour)