flour Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun fine powdery foodstuff obtained by grinding and sifting the meal of a cereal grain
  2. verb cover with flour
    • flour fish or meat before frying it
  3. verb convert grain into flour

WordNet

Flour noun
Etymology
F. fleur de farine the flower (i.e., the best) of meal, cf. Sp. flor de la harina superfine flour, Icel. flür flower, flour. See Flower.
Definitions
  1. The finely ground meal of wheat, or of any other grain; especially, the finer part of meal separated by bolting; hence, the fine and soft powder of any substance; as, flour of emery; flour of mustard.
Flour transitive verb
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Floured ; present participle & verbal noun Flouring
Definitions
  1. To grind and bolt; to convert into flour; as, to flour wheat.
  2. To sprinkle with flour.

Webster 1913