"cornstarch" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-cornstarch.wav Forms: cornstarches [plural]
Etymology: From corn + starch. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|corn|starch}} corn + starch Head templates: {{en-noun|-|+}} cornstarch (usually uncountable, plural cornstarches)
  1. 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. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Foods Categories (lifeform): Maize (food) Synonyms: cornflour [UK], corn starch Related terms: baby powder Translations: ахьар (aḥʳar) (Chechen), 粟粉 (suk¹ fan²) (Chinese Cantonese), 鷹粟粉 (Chinese Cantonese), 鹰粟粉 (jing¹ suk¹ fan²) [Hong-Kong] (Chinese Cantonese), 玉米澱粉 (Chinese Mandarin), 玉米淀粉 (yùmǐ diànfěn) (Chinese Mandarin), 玉米粉 (yùmifěn) (Chinese Mandarin), majsstivelse [common-gender] (Danish), maizamelo (Esperanto), maisitärklis (Estonian), maissitärkkelys (Finnish), maïzena (French), maicena [feminine] (Galician), Maisstärke [feminine] (German), νισεστές (nisestés) [masculine] (Greek), μαϊζένα (maïzéna) [neuter] (Greek), kukoricakeményítő (Hungarian), 옥수수 전분 (oksusu jeonbun) (Korean), maizena [feminine] (Polish), amido de milho [masculine] (Portuguese), maisena [feminine] (Portuguese), kukuričný škrob (Slovak), maicena [feminine] (Spanish), harina de maíz [feminine] (Spanish), fécula [feminine] (Spanish), almidón [feminine] (Spanish), maizena [feminine] (Spanish), mısır nişastası (Turkish)

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