all-purpose flour
noun
plain flour
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noun
a type of wheat that has been partly boiled and then dried, used especially in Turkish cooking
noun
a food made from grain, for example wheat, oats, or corn, mainly eaten with milk for breakfast
noun
a white or brown powder made by crushing grains. Flour is used for making bread, cakes, pasta etc
noun
a food made from maize (=a type of grain) that has been crushed and boiled in water, often eaten for breakfast, especially in the southern US
noun
a food made by boiling crushed grain in water or milk, often eaten by poor people in the past
noun
a type of flour that does not contain any substances that will make cakes or biscuits rise. The American word is all-purpose flour.
noun
oats (=a type of grain) that have had their outer layer removed and have then been crushed
noun
maize crushed into fairly large pieces, often cooked and eaten with dried beans by black South Africans
noun
a type of flour that contains baking powder to make bread and cakes rise when you bake them
noun
the small yellow seeds of some types of maize plant that are cooked and eaten as a vegetable
noun
a food in the form of small white grains, used in cooking for making liquids thick or mixed with milk to make a dessert
noun
the centre part of the wheat grain that people sometimes add to food to make it especially healthy
adjective
white flour is made from grain that has had the outer part removed. White bread is bread made with white flour.
adjective
wholemeal bread, flour, pasta etc contains all the wheat grain including the outer part
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