floury C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities US /ˈflaʊəri/ UK /ˈflaʊəri/ See IPA manual Freq #130016 Meanings 1 adj high in starch and tending to become dry, soft, and crumbly when cooked Floury potatoes make a light, fluffy mash. 2 adj covered or dusted with flour The baker wiped her floury hands on her apron. 3 adj resembling flour in color, texture, or powderiness The excavation exposed a layer of pale, floury clay. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · high in starch and tending... starchymealy 2 adj · covered or dusted with flour flour-dusted 3 adj · resembling flour in color,... powderymealy ↔ Opposites waxy Word family Derived forms flourilyflouriness Related forms flourflowery Etymology From Middle English floury, formed from flour + -y. It is historically and semantically distinct from flowery, although the two forms have sometimes overlapped in spelling. Topics Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # floury **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˈflaʊəri/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈflaʊəri/ **Frequency rank:** 130016 ## Meanings 1. high in starch and tending to become dry, soft, and crumbly when cooked 2. covered or dusted with flour 3. resembling flour in color, texture, or powderiness ## Examples - Floury potatoes make a light, fluffy mash. - The baker wiped her floury hands on her apron. - The excavation exposed a layer of pale, floury clay. ## Synonyms - starchy - mealy - powdery - flour-dusted ## Antonyms - waxy ## Derived Forms - flourily - flouriness ## Related Forms - flour - flowery ## Etymology From Middle English floury, formed from flour + -y. It is historically and semantically distinct from flowery, although the two forms have sometimes overlapped in spelling. ## Topics - Describing Qualities - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown