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floury

American  
[flouuhr-ee, flou-uh-ree] / ˈflaʊər i, ˈflaʊ ə ri /

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or resembling flour.

  2. white with flour.


Etymology

Origin of floury

First recorded in 1585–95; flour + -y 1

Example Sentences

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He cuts one open to show me the inside, mottled brown and floury.

From BBC Aug. 25, 2026

To give her clients an easy pizza night without stretching dough or making a floury mess in the kitchen, Strandjord “landed on frozen pizza.”

From Seattle Times Sep. 28, 2023

Like boxers who fight bathed in fine dust, these men were filthy white with floury ash.

From Textbooks Apr. 19, 2023

“Look for that info on the packaging and a more floury surface appearance on the pasta. Bronze-cut pastas release more starch and encourage the sauce to adhere,” Voraciously staff writer Becky Krystal wrote.

From Washington Post Sep. 23, 2022

The cook was fixing supper and had set out salmon mousse with little floury crackers.

From "We Were Liars" by E. Lockhart

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