Korean

Noun

가루 • ‎(garu)

1. meal, flour (of wheat, etc.) ; powder

Synonyms

• 분말 ‎(bunmal) (粉末, bunmar, -mal) meal, flour

Antonyms

• 낟알 ‎(nadal) (nadAl) grain
• 알갱이 ‎(algaeng-i) (algaengI) grain
• 알곡 ‎(algok) (-穀, al-gog, -gok) grain
• 반죽 ‎(banjuk) (banjug, -juk) dough cf. 떡 (tteog, tteok)

Derived terms

• 밀가루 ‎(milgaru) (mil-) wheat flour
• 보리가루 ‎(borigaru) (bori-) barley flour
• 밀가루 ‎(milgaru) (ssal-) rice flour
• 콩가루 ‎(konggaru) (kong-) soybean flour
  • 콩가루 집안 (konggaru jibAn) Divided, discordant family

Related terms

• 갈다 ‎(galda) (galda) To grind
• 빻다 ‎(ppata) (ppahda) To mill
• 찧다 ‎(jjita) (jjihda) To mill

See also

• 물 ‎(mul) (mur, mul) water
• 물레방아 ‎(mullebang-a) (mulle-bangA) (literally, wheel mill)
• 무르다 ‎(mureuda) (mureuda) To be soft, tender