亚洲网紅露点

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flour

[ flouuhr, flou-er ]

noun

  1. the finely ground meal of grain, especially the finer meal separated by bolting.
  2. the finely ground and bolted meal of wheat, as that used in baking.
  3. any finely ground meal resembling this, as of nuts or legumes: chickpea flour.

    almond flour;

    chickpea flour.

  4. a finely ground, powdery foodstuff, as of dehydrated potatoes, fish, or bananas.
  5. a fine, soft powder:

    flour of emery.



verb (used with object)

  1. to grind (grain or the like) into flour.
  2. to sprinkle or dredge with flour:

    Flour the chicken before frying.

verb (used without object)

  1. (of mercury) to refuse to amalgamate with another metal because of some impurity of the metal; lie on the surface of the metal in the form of minute globules.
  2. to disintegrate into minute particles.

flour

/ 藞蹿濒补蕣蓹 /

noun

  1. a powder, which may be either fine or coarse, prepared by sifting and grinding the meal of a grass, esp wheat
  2. any finely powdered substance
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. tr to make (grain) into flour
  2. tr to dredge or sprinkle (food or cooking utensils) with flour
  3. (of mercury) to break into fine particles on the surface of a metal rather than amalgamating, or to produce such an effect on (a metal). The effect is caused by impurities, esp sulphur
鈥淐ollins English Dictionary 鈥 Complete & Unabridged鈥 2012 Digital Edition 漏 William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 漏 HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • 藞蹿濒辞耻谤测, adjective
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Other 亚洲网紅露点 Forms

  • 蹿濒辞耻谤路濒别蝉蝉 adjective
  • 辞路惫别谤路蹿濒辞耻谤 verb
  • 耻苍路蹿濒辞耻谤别诲 adjective
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of flour1

First recorded in 1250鈥1300; Middle English flour, flur, flower, special use of flower (in the sense 鈥渇inest part鈥); compare French fleur de farine 鈥渢he flower, or finest part, of meal鈥
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亚洲网紅露点 History and Origins

Origin of flour1

C13 flur finer portion of meal, flower
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While awaiting rescue, they ate local cassava flour one of the passengers had brought.

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Whisk to combine flour, soda and salt, and set aside.

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Last month, Malawi blocked imports of flour, rice, ginger, bananas and maize from Tanzania, and other countries, saying this was to protect local producers.

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At the end of March, all 25 bakeries supported by the WFP in Gaza were forced to close after wheat flour and cooking fuel ran out.

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