ETYM Old Eng. asch, esh, AS. aesc; akin to Old High Germ. asc, Swed. and Dan. ask, Icel. askr, Dutch esch, German esche.
1. Any of various deciduous pinnate-leaved ornamental or timber trees of the genus Fraxinus; SYN. ash tree.
2. Strong elastic wood of any of various ash trees; used for furniture and tool handles and sporting goods such as baseball bats.
3. The residue that remains when something is burned. + prikaži više

ETYM AS. dust; cf. LG. dust, Dutch duist meal dust, OD. doest, donst, and German dunst vapor, Old High Germ. tunist, dunist, a blowing, wind, Icel. dust dust, Dan. dyst mill dust; perh. akin to Latin fumus smoke, Eng. fume.
1. Fine powdery material such as dry earth or pollen that can be blown about in the air.
2. Free microscopic particles of solid material. + prikaži više

ETYM French fleur de farine the flower (i.e., the best) of meal, cf. Spanish flor de la harina superfine flour, Icel. flür flower, flour. Related to Flower.
(Homonym: flower).
Fine powdery foodstuff obtained by grinding and sifting the meal of a cereal grain.
Foodstuff made by grinding starchy vegetable materials, usually cereal grains, into a fine powder. Flour may also be made from root vegetables such as potato and cassava, and from pulses such as soy beans and chick peas. The most commonly used cereal flour is wheat flour.
The properties of wheat flour depend on the strain of wheat used. Bread requires strong (“hard”) flour, with a high gluten content. Durum flour also has a high gluten content, and is used for pasta. Cakes and cookies are made from weak (“soft”) flour, containing less gluten. Granary flour contains malted flakes of wheat. Wheat flour may contain varying proportions of bran (husk) and wheatgerm (embryo), ranging from 100% wholemeal flour to refined white flour, which has less than 75% of the whole grain. Much of the flour available now is bleached to whiten it; bleaching also destroys some of its vitamin content, so synthetic vitamins are added instead. + prikaži više

Chiefly British variant of mold

ETYM Old Eng. poudre, pouldre, French poudre, Old Fren. also poldre, puldre, Latin pulvis, pulveris: cf. pollen fine flour, mill dust, Eng. pollen. Related to Polverine, Pulverize.
1. A solid substance in the form of tiny loose particles.
2. Any of various cosmetic or medical preparations dispensed in the form of a powder.