Tuesday, November 1, 2011

flour, flower

Flour or flour is the stuff that bread and other baked goods are made of. In the United States flour usually means wheat flour. Flour may also be made from rye, potatoes, rice, and other grains--
She bought a bag of flour to make a cake.
Make sure to grease the pan and dust it with flour, so the cake won't stick.
"Flour" may be a verb ( action word ), meaning to dust with flour--
Make sure to flour the rolling pin, or the cookie dough will stick to it.

Flower or flower ( rhymes with flour ) means the blossoms we see in vases, or growing on trees or plants--
She wore a flower in her lapel.
He put the flower in a vase.
"Flower" may be a verb ( action word ), meaning to put forth a bloom or blossom--
The tomato plants will flower in a couple of weeks.
Spring is lovely when the fruit trees flower.

Now that you know that, you can say--
"They bought some flour to make flower-shaped cookies for dessert."

Note-a plant making flowers is "in flower" or "flowering"--
The flowering apple trees are really a sight.
The trees are so pretty when they are in flower.
If a plant has made flowers already, it has "flowered"--
The cherry trees flowered last week. It's too bad you missed them.
More than one "flower" is "flowers"--
What a nice bunch of flowers!
"Flowers" is also the third person singular ( he, she , it ) form of the verb ( action word ) "flower"--
This tree is pretty when it flowers.
Note # 2--More flour is just more flour--a quantity, not a number--
Add more flour.
In discussing two or more kinds of flour, "flours" might be appropriate--
Measure the wheat flour and the rye flour. Add the two flours to the batter.
"Flours" may also be the third person singular ( he, she, it form ) of the verb "flour", meaning to dust with flour--
Tell her to make sure she greases and flours the pan.

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