CORNFLOUR

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cornflour mean? 

• CORNFLOUR (noun)
  The noun CORNFLOUR has 1 sense:

1. starch prepared from the grains of corn; used in cooking as a thickener

  Familiarity information: CORNFLOUR used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CORNFLOUR (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Starch prepared from the grains of corn; used in cooking as a thickener

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

cornflour; cornstarch

Hypernyms ("cornflour" is a kind of...):

amylum; starch (a complex carbohydrate found chiefly in seeds, fruits, tubers, roots and stem pith of plants, notably in corn, potatoes, wheat, and rice; an important foodstuff and used otherwise especially in adhesives and as fillers and stiffeners for paper and textiles)