Flour \Flour\ (flour), n. [F. fleur de farine the flower (i.e.,
the best) of meal, cf. Sp. flor de la harina superfine flour,
Icel. fl["u]r flower, flour. See Flower.]
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.
[1913 Webster]
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 or Flour dredger, 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.
[1913 Webster]
Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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79 Moby Thesaurus words for "flour":
abrade, air pollution, alabaster, atomize, attritus, beat,
besprinkle, bran, bray, bread, brecciate, chalk, comminute,
contriturate, cosmic dust, crumb, crumble, crush, disintegrate,
dot, dredge, driven snow, dust, dust ball, efflorescence, fallout,
farina, filings, fleece, foam, fragment, grain, granulate,
granulize, grate, grind, grind to powder, grits, groats, ivory,
kittens, levigate, lily, lint, maggot, mash, meal, milk, mill,
paper, pearl, pepper, pestle, pound, powder, pulverize, pussies,
raspings, reduce to powder, sawdust, scrunch, shard, sheet, shred,
silver, smash, smut, snow, soot, spatter, speck, speckle, splatter,
spot, sprinkle, squash, stud, swan, triturate
Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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Flour \Flour\, n. [F. fleur de farine the flower (i.e., the
best) of meal, cf. Sp. flor de la harina superfine flour,
Icel. fl["u]r flower, flour. See Flower.]
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.
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 or dredger, 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.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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