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- 1. covered with flour: "Maggie wiped her floury hands on her apron"
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1. : a product consisting of finely milled wheat. also : a similar product made from another grain or food product (such as dried potatoes or fish) 2. : a fine soft powder. flourless adjective. floury. ˈflau̇ (-ə)r-ē. adjective. flour. 2 of 2. verb. floured; flouring; flours. transitive verb. : to coat with or as if with flour. intransitive verb.
floury meaning: 1. covered in flour, or tasting or feeling like flour: 2. Floury potatoes are dry and break into…. Learn more.
Definition of floury adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
flour. (flou′ər, flour) n. 1. A fine, powdery foodstuff obtained by grinding and sifting the meal of a grain, especially wheat, used chiefly in baking. 2. Any of various similar finely ground or powdered foodstuffs, as of cassava, chickpeas, or bananas. 3. A soft, fine powder.
Definitions of floury. adjective. resembling flour in fine powdery texture. “a floury clay”. synonyms: fine. of textures that are smooth to the touch or substances consisting of relatively small particles.
Synonyms for FLOURY: dusty, fine, powdery, smooth, filtered, ultrafine, refined, pulverized; Antonyms of FLOURY: coarse, granular, grainy, granulated, rough, sandy, unrefined, gravelly.
1. adjective. Something that is floury is covered with flour or tastes of flour. She wiped her floury hands on her apron. ...floury biscuits. 2. adjective [usu ADJ n] Floury potatoes get soft around the edges and break up when they are cooked. [British] Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers.
