cornflour

cornflour

English

Etymology

• corn +‎ flour

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɔːn.flaʊə/
• Homophone: cornflower

Noun

cornflour (usually uncountable, plural cornflours)

1. (Britain) 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.

   Synonym: (US) cornstarch

Translations

very fine starch powder derived from maize

Basque: artirin Chechen: ахьар (aḥʳar) Chinese: Cantonese: 粟粉 (suk1 fan2) Mandarin: 玉米澱粉／玉米淀粉 (zh) (yùmǐ diànfěn) Finnish: maissitärkkelys Galician: maicena (gl) f Greek: άνθος αραβοσίτου n (ánthos aravosítou) Hebrew: קוֹרְנְפְלוֹר‎ (he) m (kórnflor) Malay: tepung jagung (ms) Maori: parāoa kānga Spanish: maicena (es) f, harina de maíz f, fécula (es) f, almidón (es) f Swedish: majsstärkelse c Turkish: mısır unu (tr)

Further reading

• Corn starch on Wikipedia.Wikipedia