"cornflour" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /ˈkɔːn.flaʊə/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-cornflour.wav Forms: cornflours [plural]
Etymology: * corn + flour Etymology templates: {{compound|en|corn|flour}} corn + flour Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} cornflour (usually uncountable, plural cornflours)
  1. (British) 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. Tags: British, uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Foods Categories (lifeform): Maize (food) Synonyms: cornstarch Translations (very fine starch powder derived from maize): artirin (Basque), ахьар (aḥʳar) (Chechen), 粟粉 (suk¹ fan²) (Chinese Cantonese), 玉米澱粉 /玉米淀粉 (yùmǐ diànfěn) (Chinese Mandarin), maisitärklis (Estonian), maissitärkkelys (Finnish), maïzena [feminine] (French), maicena [feminine] (Galician), άνθος αραβοσίτου (ánthos aravosítou) [neuter] (Greek), קוֹרְנְפְלוֹר (kórnflor) [masculine] (Hebrew), tepung jagung (Malay), parāoa kānga (Maori), maicena [feminine] (Spanish), harina de maíz [feminine] (Spanish), fécula [feminine] (Spanish), almidón [feminine] (Spanish), majsstärkelse [common-gender] (Swedish), mısır unu (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-cornflour-en-noun-en:cornstarch Disambiguation of Foods: 51 49 Disambiguation of Maize (food): 48 52 Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Basque translations, Terms with Cantonese translations, Terms with Chechen translations, Terms with Estonian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hebrew translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 85 15 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 82 18 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 89 11 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Basque translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Cantonese translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Chechen translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Estonian translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 71 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Hebrew translations: 78 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 83 17 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 82 18 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 80 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 85 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of 'very fine starch powder derived from maize': 89 11
  2. A flour for baking and cooking that is ground from maize (US corn). Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Foods Categories (lifeform): Maize (food) Translations (a flour for baking and cooking that is ground from maize (US corn)): maisijahu (Estonian), kukoricaliszt (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-cornflour-en-noun-en:maize_flour Disambiguation of Foods: 51 49 Disambiguation of Maize (food): 48 52 Disambiguation of 'a flour for baking and cooking that is ground from maize (US corn)': 17 83
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cornfloured, cornfloury

Inflected forms

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      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "very fine starch powder derived from maize",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "majsstärkelse"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "very fine starch powder derived from maize",
      "word": "mısır unu"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "a flour for baking and cooking that is ground from maize (US corn)",
      "word": "maisijahu"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "a flour for baking and cooking that is ground from maize (US corn)",
      "word": "kukoricaliszt"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cornflour"
}

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