“Flour” or “Flower”—Which to use?

“Flour” or “Flower”

Overview

flour / flower are similar-sounding terms with different meanings (referred to as homophones). To better understand the differences, see below for definitions, pronunciation guides, and example sentences using each term. 👇

Definitions

flour: (noun) fine powdery foodstuff obtained by grinding and sifting the meal of a cereal grain. (verb) cover with flour. (verb) convert grain into flour.

flower: (noun) a plant cultivated for its blooms or blossoms. (noun) reproductive organ of angiosperm plants especially one having showy or colorful parts. (noun) the period of greatest prosperity or productivity.

Pronunciation

flour: f·l·AW·er

flower: f·l·AW·er

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Examples in Context

Examples of “flour”

…soap factory, the Grands Moulins flour mills and the Nesher cement…
…industries included glass making and flour milling.
…grind up the seeds for flour, boil the green pods with…
…tea made by adding kudzu flour to hot water
Flour milling continued at the Rank…
…soybean and cottonseed oil, corn flour, disodium phosphate, lactose, natural and…
…on Saint Helena because all flour products almost entirely went to…
…Borowsky became a supplier of flour and related products for bakeries.
…drove two pairs of millstones, flour dressers, wheat cleaners and other
Milling grain into flour was a traditional industry in…

Examples of “flower”

Asphondylia florea – flower gall
…Munsey Park and part of Flower Hill.
A purple flower is shown.
…(7 Wurlitzer Jukebox – WJ01, Flower Me!
…of the original farmhouses in Flower Hill are still in existence:…
…start falling again, the purple flower is shown again.
…the similarity in the individual flowers, dismissing the variations in plant…
…both demolished, were also in Flower Hill, closer to the railroad
Wong Lung-wai as Plum Flower Bandit
The inconspicuous flower is greenish white, with four

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