beflour

transitive verb

be·​flour

bi-ˈflau̇r,

-ˈflau̇-ər,

bē-

-ed/-ing/-s

: to dust over with or as if with flour

bees befloured with yellow

Word History

Etymology

be- + flour, noun

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