wheat flour

/ˈwiːt ˌflaʊə(ɹ)//ˈʍiːt ˌflaʊə(ɹ)/

noun

Flour made from wheat.

“Near-synonyms: wheatmeal (broadly synonymous), wheat starch”

Similar
wheatmealwheat starch
OriginMiddle English weth-floure →
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Meanings

nounwheat flour (countable and uncountable, plural wheat flours)

plural wheat flours · alternative wheatflour

  1. countableuncountableFlour made from wheat.

    Near-synonyms: wheatmeal (broadly synonymous), wheat starch

    Synonyms: wheatmeal, wheat starch

  2. countableuncountableUS standards of identityexact synonym of flour

Synonyms & antonyms

nounFlour made from wheat.

Similar
wheatmealwheat starch
Also see
flourwheat starch

Origin

  1. Middle Englishweth-floure
  2. Englishwheat flour

From Middle English weth-floure, equivalent to wheat + flour.

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Translations

Arabic دقيق القمح, طحين القمح
  • دقيق القمح (daqīq al-qamḥ)flour from wheat
  • طحين القمح (ṭaḥīn al-qamḥ)flour from wheat
Bengali গমের আটা
  • গমের আটা (gomer ata)flour from wheat
Catalan farina de blat
  • farina de blatflour from wheat
Chinese Cantonese 小麥粉 /小麦粉
  • 小麥粉 /小麦粉 (siu² mak⁶ fan²)flour from wheat
Chinese Mandarin 麵粉 /面粉, 白麵 /白面
  • 麵粉 /面粉 (miànfěn)flour from wheat
  • 白麵 /白面 (báimiàn)flour from wheat
  • 小麥粉 /小麦粉 (xiǎomàifěn)flour from wheat
Danish hvedemel
  • hvedemelflour from wheat
Dutch tarwebloem, tarwemeel
  • tarwebloemflour from wheat
  • tarwemeelflour from wheat
Finnish vehnäjauho
  • vehnäjauhoflour from wheat
French farine de blé
  • farine de bléflour from wheat
German Weizenmehl
  • Weizenmehlflour from wheat
Hindi समिता
  • समिता (samitā)flour from wheat
Hungarian búzaliszt
  • búzalisztflour from wheat
Indonesian terigu
  • teriguflour from wheat
Italian farina di frumento
  • farina di frumentoflour from wheat
Japanese 小麦粉, メリケン粉
  • 小麦粉 (komugiko)flour from wheat
  • メリケン粉 (meriken-ko)flour from wheat
Malay tepung gandum
  • tepung gandumflour from wheat
Norwegian Bokmål hvetemel
  • hvetemelflour from wheat
Polish mąka pszenna
  • mąka pszennaflour from wheat
Portuguese farinha de trigo
  • farinha de trigoflour from wheat
Romanian făină de grâu
  • făină de grâuflour from wheat
Spanish harina de trigo
  • harina de trigoflour from wheat
Swahili unga wa ngano
  • unga wa nganoflour from wheat
Swedish vetemjöl
  • vetemjölflour from wheat
Thai แป้งสาลี
  • แป้งสาลีflour from wheat
Urdu گندم کا آٹا
  • گندم کا آٹا (gandum ka aata)flour from wheat
Vietnamese bột mì
  • bột mìflour from wheat
Cite this entry
APA

wheat flour. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wheat%20flour

MLA

“wheat flour.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wheat%20flour. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wheat flour,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wheat%20flour.

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