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white flour

white flour noun: refined flour made solely of the endosperm of wheat, i.e. with most of the germ and bran removed through the milling process, often chemically whitened.

Noun

white flour (usually uncountable, plural white flours)

  1. (usually) Refined flour made solely of the endosperm of wheat, i.e. with most of the germ and bran removed through the milling process, often chemically whitened.
  2. (usually, US standards of identity) exact synonym of flour

Forms of white flour

pluralwhite flours

Origin of white flour

The U.S. standard of identity comes from 21CFR137.105.

Questions about white flour

What does white flour mean?
White flour means refined flour made solely of the endosperm of wheat, i.e. with most of the germ and bran removed through the milling process, often chemically whitened.
What part of speech is white flour?
White flour is a noun.
What is the plural of white flour?
The plural of white flour is white flours.

Words near white flour in the dictionary

  1. white fir
  2. white firs
  3. white flag
  4. white flags
  5. white flight
  6. white flour
  7. white flours
  8. white flux
  9. white fox
  10. white foxes
  11. white fragility

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