FLOUR
What does "FLOUR" mean?
A fine powder made by grinding grain, especially wheat, used to make bread and other foods.
Meanings
- The fine powder produced by milling and sifting grain, used in baking and cooking. She dusted the counter with flour before rolling out the dough.
- To coat or sprinkle something with flour. Flour the chicken lightly before frying it.
Did you know?
- Flour and flower were once a single word: bakers called the finest, most refined part of the milled grain the 'flower' of the meal, and only later did the spelling split to mark the kitchen sense.
Word origin
From Middle English 'flour', meaning the 'flower' or finest part of the ground meal; the same word as 'flower', split off into a separate spelling for the milled grain over the 18th century.
Remember it
FLOUR is FLOWER with the 'we' missing - the finest 'flower' of the wheat, just respelled.
A little poem
White dust on her hands-
she calls the wheat its flower,
and the loaf agrees.
haiku
Wordplay
- I gave my baker a bouquet of flour. She said it was the sweetest gesture, but she really kneaded it.
What it teaches
What looks like plain white dust was once the very flower of the field; nothing humble is only humble.
Quick facts
What does FLOUR mean?
A fine powder made by grinding grain, especially wheat, used to make bread and other foods.
Is FLOUR a valid word?
Yes — FLOUR is one of the answer words in Wordul, the daily word game.
How many letters is FLOUR?
FLOUR has 5 letters and 1 syllable.
Where does FLOUR come from?
From Middle English 'flour', meaning the 'flower' or finest part of the ground meal; the same word as 'flower', split off into a separate spelling for the milled grain over the 18th century.
What can FLOUR teach us?
What looks like plain white dust was once the very flower of the field; nothing humble is only humble.
How players do
Be the first to solve it.