Flour
Meaning
A powder obtained by grinding grain, typically wheat, and used to make bread, cakes, and pastry.
Pronunciation
UK ˈflaʊə(r)
US ˈflaʊər
Example Sentences
- The Ancient Greeks used the simple ingredients of flour, wheat, honey and cheese formed into a cake and baked.
- For others, the overall structure, with the separate crust, the soft filling, and the absence of flour, is compelling evidence that it is a custard pie.
- In that period, thin cakes made of flour were very popular and were mostly accompanied with vegetables.
- The basic ingredients to make spring rolls are thin noodles or vermicelli, rice flour, soy sauce, mint, lettuce, tofu, carrots and capsicum.
- To make the rolls, dough is prepared by mixing the flour with water and a pinch of salt and is kept aside for a while after making.
- [Tagenites] were made with wheat flour, olive oil, honey and curdled milk.
- Romans ate sweet and savoury dishes called [Alita dolcia] that were made from milk, flour, eggs and spices and were very similar to pancakes.
- The batter is simple, made with flour, sugar, egg, and milk.
- [Blinis] are yeasted pancakes that are made from buckwheat flour and served with sour cream, jam, honey or caviar.
- As the [Han] era concluded, the northern Chinese farmers who had long grown wheat discovered they could ground this grain into flour and knead it with water.
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