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flour


2flour

verb

Definition of FLOUR

transitive verb
: to coat with or as if with flour
intransitive verb
: to break up into particles
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Examples of FLOUR

  1. The fish should be lightly floured before it's fried.

First Known Use of FLOUR

circa 1657

Rhymes with FLOUR

bower, dower, flower, glower, lower, power, scour, shower, sour, Stour, tour, tower

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