Meanings
plural cornflours
- UKuncountableusuallyA 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.
Synonyms: cornstarch, maizeflour, maizestarch
- uncountableusuallyA flour for baking and cooking that is ground from corn (maize).
Synonyms: maizeflour, maizena
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA 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.
nounA flour for baking and cooking that is ground from corn (maize).
More synonyms by meaning
nounstarch prepared from the grains of corn; used in cooking as a thickener
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From corn + flour. Piecewise doublet of cornflower.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Basque artirin
- artirinvery fine starch powder derived from maize
Chinese Cantonese 粟粉
- 粟粉 (suk¹ fan²)very fine starch powder derived from maize
Chinese Mandarin 玉米澱粉 /玉米淀粉
- 玉米澱粉 /玉米淀粉 (yùmǐ diànfěn)very fine starch powder derived from maize
Estonian maisitärklis, maisijahu
- maisitärklisvery fine starch powder derived from maize
- maisijahua flour for baking and cooking that is ground from maize (US corn)
Finnish maissitärkkelys
- maissitärkkelysvery fine starch powder derived from maize
French maïzena
- maïzenavery fine starch powder derived from maize
Greek άνθος αραβοσίτου
- άνθος αραβοσίτου (ánthos aravosítou)very fine starch powder derived from maize
Hebrew קוֹרְנְפְלוֹר
- קוֹרְנְפְלוֹר (kórnflor)very fine starch powder derived from maize
Hungarian kukoricaliszt
- kukoricaliszta flour for baking and cooking that is ground from maize (US corn)
Malay tepung jagung
- tepung jagungvery fine starch powder derived from maize
Māori parāoa kānga
- parāoa kāngavery fine starch powder derived from maize
Polish maizena, skrobia kukurydziana
- maizenavery fine starch powder derived from maize
- skrobia kukurydzianavery fine starch powder derived from maize
- mąka kukurydzianaa flour for baking and cooking that is ground from maize (US corn)
Spanish harina de maíz, harina maicera
- harina de maíza flour for baking and cooking that is ground from maize (US corn)
- harina maiceraa flour for baking and cooking that is ground from maize (US corn)
Swedish majsstärkelse
- majsstärkelsevery fine starch powder derived from maize
Thai แป้งข้าวโพด
- แป้งข้าวโพดvery fine starch powder derived from maize
Turkish mısır unu
- mısır unuvery fine starch powder derived from maize
Rhymes & wordplay
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Cite this entry
cornflour. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cornflour
“cornflour.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cornflour. Accessed November 3, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cornflour,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cornflour.
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