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The meaning of the English word "flour" and how you use it

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flour
(noun) (uncount.) a powder made of ground wheat or another grain
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Kirill Petrov

Kirill Petrov

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Kirill has been working as an English-Russian translator and bilingual content creator for the last 15 years. He also has tutoring experience with both beginners and advanced learners, a passion for the intricacies of languages, and a track record of ensuring nothing gets lost in translation.
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Use two cups of flour for this recipe .
We use fresh flour for our bread .
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How Ramen Noodles Are Made
We use about 40,000 pounds of flour a day .
How Ramen Noodles Are Made
So the basic ingredients for ramen noodles is wheat flour , water , salt , and kansui ,
How Ramen Noodles Are Made
and so the flour is a dry ingredient mixed with the liquid of water , salt , and kansui .
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flour corn
(noun) flour made from corn
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Kanako has an AAS in administrative office technology. She is a native Japanese speaker and studied English literature prior to moving to the U.S. She has also taken correspondence courses in EN-JP translation and works as a translator/localizer which involves tasks such as editing machine translations and localizing web contents. She has also worked as an in-person interpreter for businesses based in Japan.
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Flour corn is much coarser than regular flour .
Some South American countries use flour corn in many of their traditional dishes .
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flour...tortilla
(noun) a tortilla made of flour
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Elena holds a Master's Degree in languages and literatures and a BA in law. She has been working as a linguist, translator and localizer for more than 15 years. She has also a long experience as language tutor.
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I would like a flour tortilla please .
He prefers a corn tortilla over a flour tortilla .
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The Evolution of the Burrito
The influence of the Spanish in the 1500s gave birth to the flour tortilla ,
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flour tortillas
(noun) (pl.) a type of soft, thin flatbread made from finely ground wheat flour
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They usually make burritos with flour tortillas .
Flour tortillas are used a lot in Mexican cooking .
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8 Simple Ways to Be Healthier
Ditch heavily processed flour tortillas for brown rice or wholewheat tortillas , which are low - carb and high in fiber .
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bread
(noun) (uncount.) a baked food made with flour, water, yeast or other ingredients
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Sami

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Sami is a native French speaker, French-English translator and localizer originally from Paris. He studied English literature in Istanbul, Turkey, before working in translation and traveling full-time.
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He baked bread this morning .
We bought bread at the market .
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What Are You Doing? - Home Activities
I 'm toasting bread .
Our Favorite Food Hacks
Stale bread .
Our Favorite Food Hacks
You can keep your brown sugar from becoming a rock with a couple of marshmallows ; bread will also work .
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