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floury

[flauuhr-ee, flau-uh-ree] / ˈflaʊər i, ˈflaʊ ə ri /


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

From BBC ● Aug. 25, 2026

Substituting raw wedges of tomato, which far too often can be floury and tasteless, for slow roasted plum tomatoes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 7, 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

Abra reached across the table and touched the back of his hand with floury fingers.

From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck




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