cornflour

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: ˈkʊən.flɑː
• Homophones: cornflower

Etymology

• corn+flour

Alternative forms

• cornstarch (US)

Noun

cornflour (usually uncountable; plural cornflours)

1. (UK) 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.

Translations

a very fine starch powder derived from maize

• Basque: artirin (eu)
• Finnish: maissitärkkelys (fi)
• Greek: καλαμποκάλευρο (el) (kalampokálevro) n

• Spanish: maicena (es) f, harina de maíz (es) f, fécula (es) f, almidón (es) f
• Swedish: majsstärkelse (sv) c

External links

• Corn starch on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Corn starch