a fine white or brown powder made from grain, especially wheat, and used in cooking for making bread, cakes, etc. Sift the flour and salt into a bowl.

a fine white or brown powder made from grain, especially wheat, and used in cooking for making bread, cakes, etc.

Word OriginMiddle English: a specific use of flower in the sense 'the best part', used originally to mean 'the finest quality of ground wheat'. The spelling ...

Originally, the 'flower' or finest quality of meal; hence, the finer portion of meal (whether from wheat or other grain) which is separated by bolting.

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Definition of plain flour noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, ...

There are three meanings listed in OED's entry for the verb flour. See 'Meaning & use' for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

[uncountable] flour made from wheat grains from which most of the bran (= outer layer) and wheatgerm (= centre part) have been removed.

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(North American English) (British English plain flour) [uncountable] flour that does not contain baking powder compare self-rising flour.