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What does each word mean?
Flour is a fine powdery foodstuff obtained by grinding and sifting the meal of a cereal grain.
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Here is flour used in some example sentences:
We need to buy flour if we want to make pancakes.
He can only eat cakes made with gluten-free flour.
A flower is a plant that is cultivated for its blooms or blossoms. It is the reproductive part of the plant, typically where seeds are found.
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Here is flower used in some example sentences:
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Accept vs. Except
If you accept something you agree to receive or do it. If you except something you exclude it.
Bought vs. Brought
Brought is the past tense of bring, while bought is the past tense of buy.
Cereal vs. Serial
Cereal is a type of grain (and a type of breakfast food made from grain), while serial refers to something that occurs in sequence.
Desert vs. Dessert
Desert can refer to either the act of abandoning someone or something or to an arid stretch of land with little vegetation. A dessert is a sweet course at the end of a meal.
Effect vs. Affect
An effect is a consequence. If you affect something you make a differen...
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Confusing Words
Tricks To Help You Tell Them Apart
Adverse vs. Averse
Think of the following sentences to help you remember that adverse relates to conditions and averse relates to people:
The drugs had adverse side effects.
The adverse weather conditions ruined our day.
Even though she had a terrible voice, she wasn’t averse to singing the verse.
Affect vs. Effect
Affect is a verb and is used to describe an action.
Effect is a noun and is used to describe the end consequence.
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What does each word mean?
Cereal is a type of grass which is used to produce edible grains. Examples of cereal grains are rice, corn, and oats. The word is also used to refer to a type of breakfast food prepared from these grains.
Click here for the full Spellzone dictionary definition of the word.
Here is cereal used in some example sentences:
Each year the farmers must decide on which cereals to plant.
My favourite cereal is Corn Flakes.
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Serial is used to describe something that happens in a series. As a noun, serial refers to a set of programmes that appear at scheduled times.
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