cornflour

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A very fine starch powder derived from corn (maize) used in cooking as a thickener, to keep things from sticking, or as an anti-caking agent.
A flour for baking and cooking that is ground from corn (maize).

/ˈkɔːn.flaʊə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-cornflour.wav

cornflour cornflours

From corn + flour. Piecewise doublet of cornflower.

cornstarch maizeflour maizestarch

cornfloured cornfloury

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