floury
floury · flourier · flouriest
mehlig, mehligkochend
Resembling flourResembling flour.
/ˈflaʊəɹi/
Meaning
3 sensesResembling flour.
These mashed potatoes have a floury texture.
mehlig
resembling flour in fine powdery texture
Covered in flour.
The baker wiped his floury hands on his apron.
mehlig
High in starch; tending to break down easily when cooked.
mehligkochend
Translations
7 languagesDeutsch
By meaning 2
resembling flour:
of a potato, starchy:
Origin
From Middle English floury, equivalent to flour + -y. Piecewise doublet of flowery.From Middle English floury, equivalent to flour + -y. Piecewise doublet of flowery.
Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Forms
flourier, flouriestAntonyms
2 antonymsWord family
6 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form