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   The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition.  2000.
 
flour
 
PRONUNCIATION:  flour, flour
NOUN:1. A fine, powdery foodstuff obtained by grinding and sifting the meal of a grain, especially wheat, used chiefly in baking. 2. Any of various similar finely ground or powdered foodstuffs, as of cassava, fish, or bananas. 3. A soft, fine powder.
TRANSITIVE VERB:Inflected forms: floured, flour·ing, flours
1. To cover or coat with flour. 2. To make into flour.
ETYMOLOGY:Middle English, flower, best of anything, flour. See flower.
OTHER FORMS:floury —ADJECTIVE
 
 
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