English pronunciation · Words Starting with F
Flour Pronunciation
Flour is pronounced FLOW-er, IPA /ˈflaʊɝ/.
FLOW-er
US /ˈflaʊɝ/ · UK /ˈflaʊə/
Syllables: FLOW · er (2 syllables, stress on syllable 1)
noun: Ground grain, usually wheat, used for baking and thickening.
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Flour in a Sentence
- Sift the flour into a large bowl.
- We ran out of flour halfway through the recipe.
- Rye flour makes a denser loaf.
Common Mispronunciations of Flour
Not FLOR
The vowel opens into ow as in cow before settling on a weak er. Collapsing it gives floor instead.
Not FLOO-er
These two letters open wide, the way they do in out. They never give the oo of food.
Tip: Flour and flower are identical in sound, and the two were once the same word: flour meant the finest part of the grain, its flower.
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