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flour

US /ˈflaʊɚ/

noun Advanced · C1 Ăn uống

Definition

fine powdery foodstuff obtained by grinding and sifting the meal of a cereal grain

Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.

Examples

The bakery orders several sacks of flour from the mill every week.

Word Family

NounNoun
flour gốc
VerbVerb
flour gốc
AdjectiveAdj
floury
AdverbAdv
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Collocations

  • Easy wheat flour
    describing wheat flour (annual or biennial grass having erect flower spikes and light brown grains)
  • Medium bulk flour purchase order
    to bulk flour purchase order, meaning to stick out or up
  • Hard flour milling industry margins
    to flour milling industry margins, meaning to cover with flour
  • Very Hard flour enrichment regulatory compliance
    to flour enrichment regulatory compliance, meaning to cover with flour

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