Meanings
nounplain flour (usually uncountable, plural plain flours)
plural plain flours
- CommonwealthIrelandUKuncountableusuallycookingA wheat flour with a medium gluten content, suitable for general use.
Synonyms: all-purpose flour
- uncountableusuallyUS standards of identityexact synonym of flour.
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA wheat flour with a medium gluten content, suitable for general use.
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Origin
plain (“regular”) + flour. The U.S. standard of identity comes from 21CFR137.105.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Finnish puolikarkea vehnäjauho
- puolikarkea vehnäjauhoflour with medium gluten content, suitable for general use
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APA
plain flour. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plain%20flour
MLA
“plain flour.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plain%20flour. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “plain flour,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/plain%20flour.
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