Rice vs Flour - What's the difference?
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(uncountable) Cereal plants, Oryza sativa of the grass family whose seeds are used as food.
A specific variety of this plant.
(uncountable) The seeds of this plant used as food.
To squeeze through a ricer; to mash or make into rice-sized pieces.
To throw rice at a person (usually at a wedding).
To belittle a government emissary or similar on behalf of a more powerful militaristic state.
To harvest wild rice Zinzania sp.
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Powder obtained by grinding or milling cereal grains, especially wheat, and used to bake bread, cakes, and pastry.
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As nouns the difference between rice and flour
is that rice is cereal plants, Oryza sativa of the grass family whose seeds are used as food while flour is powder obtained by grinding or milling cereal grains, especially wheat, and used to bake bread, cakes, and pastry.As verbs the difference between rice and flour
is that rice is to squeeze through a ricer; to mash or make into rice-sized pieces while flour is to apply flour to something; to cover with flour.As a proper noun Rice
is {{surname|patronymic|from=Welsh}} derived from Welsh given name Rhys.As a phrase RICE
is rest, ice, compression, and elevation. A common treatment method for soft tissue injuries.rice
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(wikipedia rice)Noun
(en noun)Verb
Derived terms
* arborio rice * brown rice * golden rice * Indian rice * jollof rice * mealie rice * Patna rice * brewer's rice * broken rice * rice bowl * iron rice bowl * rice grass * rice leafhopper * rice paper * rice pudding * rice rat * rice weevil * ricebird * rice-paper plant * ricer * Spanish rice * sticky rice * white rice * wild riceSee also
* basmati * bhelpuri * California roll * dosa * gumbo * idli * idli * jambalaya * khir * mirin * mochi * nasi goreng * onigiri * pad thai * paella * pilaf, pilau * rangoli * risotto * sake * samshu * sushiAnagrams
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Alternative forms
* flower (obsolete)Noun
(wikipedia flour) (en-noun)citation, passage=Everything a living animal could do to destroy and to desecrate bed and walls had been done. […] A canister of flour from the kitchen had been thrown at the looking-glass and lay like trampled snow over the remains of a decent blue suit with the lining ripped out which lay on top of the ruin of a plastic wardrobe.}}
- wood flour , produced by sanding wood
- mustard flour
- that nobody is wished to see my dead body. & that no murnurs walk behind me at my funeral. & that no flours be planted on my grave.'' — Thomas Hardy, ''The Mayor of Casterbridge .