Flour /(flour)/
Flour
n.
- 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.
Phrases & Compounds
- Flour bolt
- in milling, a gauze-covered, revolving, cylindrical frame or reel, for sifting the flour from the refuse contained in the meal yielded by the stones.
- Flour box
- a tin box for scattering flour; a dredging box.
- Flour dredge
- a flour box.
- Flour dresser
- a mashine for sorting and distributing flour according to grades of fineness.
- Flour mill
- a mill for grinding and sifting flour.
Flour
v. t.
imp. & p. p. Floured; p. pr. & vb. n. Flouring
- To grind and bolt; to convert into flour; as, to flour wheat.
- To sprinkle with flour.