Cornstarch

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  • noun. Starch prepared from corn grains, used industrially and as a thickener in cooking.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. Starch made from Indian corn.
  • noun. A flour made from the starchy part of Indian corn, used for puddings, etc.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. Starch made from Indian corn, esp. a fine white flour used for puddings, etc.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. A very fine starch powder derived from corn (maize) used in cooking as a thickener, to keep things from sticking, or as an anti-caking agent.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. starch prepared from the grains of corn; used in cooking as a thickener
    • Word Usage
    "Thick, firm honey is stretched and pulled into strands, dipped heavily in cornstarch to keep the strands from sticking together, then wrapped around a filling of ground nuts."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    amylum  starch  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    allspice  arrowroot  baking powder  baking-board  bhang  
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