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As Spelt Perhaps But Its Homonym Would Be A Bloomer Crossword Clue

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99%5Exact Match!
noun

• fine powdery foodstuff obtained by grinding and sifting the meal of a cereal grain

verb

• cover with flour

• convert grain into flour

33%9Homonym's characteristic
noun

• two words are homophones if they are pronounced the same way but differ in meaning or spelling or both (e.g. bare and bear)

33%7A near-homonym that has a related meaning to another word
noun

• a word that strongly resembles another word in spelling

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