Thickening agent in cooking

• Cooking thickener
• Starch prepared from the grains of corn
• Milled grain for a bloomer, say
• Used in cooking as a thickener
• Sauce thickener

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
cornflour \corn"flour`\, corn flour \corn" flour`\n. a flour or starch prepared from the grains of corn; it is used in cooking as a thickener. Syn: cornstarch.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Blend the cornflour with a tablespoon of water, add to the pan and cook the sauce until thickened. ▪ Cayenne pepper; 1 level tablespoon cornflour . ▪ Maize comes in many guises, including cornflour , cornflakes, corn oil, corn ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
alt. (context British English) A very fine starch powder derived from maize (US corn) used in cooking as a thickener, to keep things from sticking, or as an anti-caking agent. n. (context British English) A very fine starch powder derived from maize (US ...

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Cornflour may be: Cornmeal , flour ground from dried maize Corn starch ( 'cornflour ' in the UK) , the white, powdered starch of the maize grain Masa , the flour of hominy Wheat starch , in Australia

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. starch prepared from the grains of corn; used in cooking as a thickener [syn: cornstarch ]