Flour and flower are homophones in English and can sometimes be confused; they are both pronounced /flaʊər/ <add audio icon> but have different spellings and their meanings are completely different.
flour
Flour is a white or brown powder that is made by grinding grain. It is used to make bread, cakes, and pastry.
Thicken the stew with a little flour dissolved in water.
flower
Flower can be a countable noun or a verb.
A flower is the part of a plant which is often brightly coloured, grows at the end of a stem, and only survives for a short time. Flowers are often picked to give as a present or to put in a vase.
Each individual flower is tiny.
She gave me a bunch of flowers.
The flower garden will be ablaze with colour every day.
When a plant or tree flowers, its flowers appear and open.
Several of these rhododendrons will flower this year for the first time.
