fish flour
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of fish flour
First recorded in 1875–80
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
Illinois' VioBin Corp. has been exporting fish flour since 1955, and in 1961 the company sought FDA approval for U.S. distribution.
From Time Magazine Archive
As now processed, fish flour is virtually odorless and tasteless, and Interior Department researchers report that it blends well in soups, noodles, gravy, bread�even cookies and milk shakes.
From Time Magazine Archive
Approval of the fish flour by the Food and Drug Administration marked the end of a long struggle within the Government.
From Time Magazine Archive
Conversely, a biologist who merely wanted to find out whether a high-protein fish flour was unsafe for human consumption landed a grant by emphasizing that he wanted to know if the flour would induce cancer.
From Time Magazine Archive
"And what might your outward cargo have been?" said I. "Salt fish, flour, and tobacco," was his answer.
From Frank Mildmay Or, The Naval Officer by Marryat, Frederick
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
