- cornflour
- cornflour corn"flour`, corn flour corn" flour`
.
a flour or starch prepared from the grains of corn; it is
used in cooking as a thickener.
Syn: cornstarch. [WordNet 1.5]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
cornflour
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Cornflour — may be: Cornmeal, flour ground from dried corn Cornstarch ( cornflour in the UK), the white, powdered starch of the maize grain Masa, the flour of hominy Wheat starch, in Australia See also Cornflower, a small annual flowering plant with blue… … Wikipedia
cornflour — ► NOUN Brit. ▪ finely ground maize flour, used for thickening sauces … English terms dictionary
cornflour — [[t]kɔ͟ː(r)nflaʊə(r)[/t]] also corn flour N UNCOUNT Cornflour is a fine white powder made from maize and is used to make sauces thicker. [BRIT] (in AM, use cornstarch) … English dictionary
cornflour — noun ˈkʊən.flɑː 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 … Wiktionary
cornflour — Kiwi (New Zealand Slang) cornstarch … English dialects glossary
cornflour — corn|flour [ˈko:nflauə US ˈko:rnflaur] n [U] BrE fine white flour made from ↑corn, used in cooking to make soups and sauces thicker American Equivalent: cornstarch … Dictionary of contemporary English
cornflour — corn|flour [ kɔrn,flaur ] noun uncount BRITISH CORNSTARCH … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
cornflour — cornstarch … Kiwi (New Zealand slang)
cornflour — n. flour made from corn … English contemporary dictionary
cornflour — noun Brit. finely ground maize flour, used for thickening sauces … English new terms dictionary
