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cornflour
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
cornflour
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 syrup, sweetcorn, corn-on-the-cob and popcorn.
▪ Mix cornflour with a little water to a paste and add to the fruit to thicken.
▪ Mix the cornflour with a little cold water and stir into the sauce.
▪ Mix the cornflour with one tablespoon of water.
▪ Slake the cornflour in the milk and add to the pan.
▪ The white dusting powder over the fleshing was sometimes cornflour.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
cornflour

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.

Wiktionary
cornflour

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 corn) used in cooking as a thickener, to keep things from sticking, or as an anti-caking agent.

WordNet
cornflour

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

Wikipedia
Cornflour

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

Usage examples of "cornflour".

Despite the volume of liquid I've drunk, my mouth feels thick and gluey, as if the saliva has been thickened with cornflour, but I lick my lips and say, 'You asked me if I fancied my chances?