graham flour

noun

unbolted wheat flour, containing all of the wheat grain; whole-wheat flour.

Origin of graham flour

1825–35, Americanism; named after Sylvester Graham (1794–1851), U.S. dietary reformer

Words Nearby graham flour

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How to use graham flour in a sentence

He therefore promptly adopted a vegetable diet and requested mother to make the bread from graham flour instead of bolted flour.
The Story of My Boyhood and Youth | John Muir
The families used this flour until they raised their own wheat and after that they used graham flour.
Old Rail Fence Corners | Various
The sugar is all gone, and we have enough graham flour for a week.
Through the South Seas with Jack London | Martin Johnson
Place in a bowl cup graham flour and cup of yellow, granulated cornmeal.
Mary at the Farm and Book of Recipes Compiled during Her Visit among the "Pennsylvania Germans" | Edith M. Thomas
Bread from whole wheat and graham flour requires slower and longer baking.
The Laurel Health Cookery | Evora Bucknum Perkins

British Dictionary definitions for graham flour

graham flour

noun

mainly US and Canadian unbolted wheat flour ground from whole-wheat grain, similar to whole-wheat flour

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