flour
Powder obtained by grinding or milling cereal grains, especially wheat, or other…Powder obtained by grinding or milling cereal grains, especially wheat, or other foodstuffs such as soybeans and potatoes, and used to bake bread, cakes, and pastry.
» Put the flour on the shelf.
Stell das Mehl ins Regal.
Положи муку на полку.
Поставь муку на полку.
Поклади борошно на полку.
Meaning
3 senses(uncountable, usually)Powder obtained by grinding or milling cereal grains, especially wheat, or other foodstuffs such as soybeans and potatoes, and used to bake bread, cakes, and pastry.
Mehl
мука́muká
бо́рошноbórošno, мука́muká
(uncountable, usually)The food made by grinding and bolting cleaned wheat (not durum or red durum) until it meets specified levels of fineness, dryness, and freedom from bran and germ, also containing any of certain enzymes, ascorbic acid, and certain bleaching agents.
(uncountable, usually)Powder of other material.
mustard flour
мука́muká, порошо́кporošók, пыльpylʹ
- fine powdery foodstuff obtained by grinding and sifting the meal of a cereal grain
Examples
178 sentencesPut the flour on the shelf.
Поклади борошно на полку. — deniko
ruПоложи муку на полку. — Selena777
deStell das Mehl ins Regal. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
I need to buy some flour.
Мені потрібно купити борошна. — deniko
Bread is made from flour, water and yeast.
Хліб виготовляють із борошна, води й дріжджів. — hectorvk
ruХлеб делают из муки, воды и дрожжей. — odexed
deBrot wird aus Mehl, Wasser und Hefe hergestellt. — mayabe
He bought a lot of flour and oil.
Він купив багато борошна та олії. — lingvokrolik
ruОн накупил муки и масла. — sharptoothed
deEr kaufte viel Mehl und Öl. — MUIRIEL
Do we have enough flour?
У нас достатньо борошна? — miketheknight
ruУ нас достаточно муки? — odexed
Translations
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Origin
Spelled (until about 1830) and meaning flower in the sense of flour being the "finest portSpelled (until about 1830) and meaning flower in the sense of flour being the "finest portion of ground grain" (compare French fleur de farine, fine fleur). Doublet of fleur, flor, and flower. Partially displaced native meal.
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Forms
plural: flours| Singular | flour |
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uncountable
Synonyms
5 synonymsWord family
40 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable