white flour

American  

[wahyt flou^uhr, flou-er, hwahyt] / ˈwaɪt ˌflaʊər, ˌflaʊ ər, ˈʰwaɪt /

noun

1. refined and often bleached wheat flour that has been processed to remove all or most of the bran and germ.

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white flour British  

noun

1. flour that consists substantially of the starchy endosperm of wheat, most of the bran and the germ having been removed by the milling process

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Example Sentences

Meanwhile, the perversion of ordinary goods to serve a fully militarized state is encapsulated in the difficulty the boy has in finding white flour: None is available because it’s being used to stanch wounds.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

So I kept things classic: white flour, white sugar, buttermilk — the quiet chorus of pastry fundamentals.

From Salon • Dec. 16, 2025

Electrospinning using a starch-rich ingredient such as white flour is more challenging than using pure starch, as the impurities -- the protein and cellulose -- make the mixture more viscous and unable to form fibres.

From Science Daily • Nov. 21, 2024

People who’ve had bariatric surgery sometimes continue to overindulge in highly processed foods, those made from white flour, sugar, butter, and the like, even if it means later enduring vomiting and diarrhea.

From Scientific American • Sep. 11, 2023

She could reach her fingers deep into a moldy bag, draw out a miraculous ounce of white flour, and slap out biscuits.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver