How do you use Floury in a sentence? See 4 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like fine, plus the exact meaning.
Floury in a sentence
Floury meaning
- Resembling flour.
- Covered in flour.
- High in starch; tending to break down easily when cooked.
Synonyms of Floury
Using Floury
- The main meaning on this page is: Resembling flour. | Covered in flour. | High in starch; tending to break down easily when cooked.
- Useful related words include: fine.
Context around Floury
- Average sentence length in these examples: 17.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 1 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 1 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Floury
- In this selection, "floury" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 17.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, rolling and powder stand out and add context to how "floury" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include at the floury rolling pin and floury or mealy. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "floury" sits close to words such as aaai, aani and aarne, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with floury
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Soils high in silt feel smooth or floury. (8 words)
Floury, or mealy (baking) potatoes have more starch (20–22%) than waxy (boiling) potatoes (16–18%). (16 words)
Then one day I looked down at the floury rolling pin in my hands and shrieked, “Oh my word, Michael! (20 words)
Corned powder also retained the advantage of low moisture absorption, as even tiny grains still had much less surface area to attract water than a floury powder. (27 words)
Then one day I looked down at the floury rolling pin in my hands and shrieked, “Oh my word, Michael! (20 words)
Floury, or mealy (baking) potatoes have more starch (20–22%) than waxy (boiling) potatoes (16–18%). (16 words)
Then one day I looked down at the floury rolling pin in my hands and shrieked, “Oh my word, Michael! (20 words)
Example sentences (4)
Soils high in silt feel smooth or floury.
Then one day I looked down at the floury rolling pin in my hands and shrieked, “Oh my word, Michael!
Corned powder also retained the advantage of low moisture absorption, as even tiny grains still had much less surface area to attract water than a floury powder.
Floury, or mealy (baking) potatoes have more starch (20–22%) than waxy (boiling) potatoes (16–18%).