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Cornstarch

🔄 Synonyms of "Cornstarch"

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Word	Definition
cornflournoun	A flour for baking and cooking that is ground from corn (maize).

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Cornstarch"

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Word	Definition
cornflournoun	A flour for baking and cooking that is ground from corn (maize).
puddingnoun	Any of various dishes, sweet or savoury, prepared by boiling or steaming, or from batter.
stirnoun	The act or result of stirring (moving around the particles of a liquid etc.)
mixnoun	The result of mixing two or more substances; a mixture.
corn starchnoun	Alternative form of cornstarch. [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.]
starchnoun	(uncountable) A widely diffused vegetable substance, found especially in seeds, bulbs and tubers, as extracted (e.g. from potatoes, corn, rice, etc.) in the form of a white, glistening, granular or powdery substance, without taste or smell, and giving a very peculiar creaking sound when rubbed between the fingers. It is used as a food, in the production of commercial grape sugar, for stiffening linen in laundries, in making paste, etc.
tapioca starchnoun	A very fine powder derived from the cassava root, used in cooking.
potato starchnoun	(cooking) A widely diffused vegetable substance found in the extracted material of potatoes used in cooking.
maizenanoun	(dated) Cornflour, cornstarch.
thickeningnoun	The process of making something, or becoming, thick or viscous.
powdered sugarnoun	(US) Very finely ground sugar to which cornstarch is added to prevent lumping, mostly used in icings and confections to produce a smooth texture.
corn puddingnoun	(US) A creamy food made chiefly from stewed corn.
corn syrupnoun	A sticky sweet liquid, consisting of sugars dissolved in water, produced from corn (maize). Used as a sweetener in cooking, especially in commercial kitchens but also in candy making.
cornmealnoun	Dried corn (maize) milled (ground) to a meal, especially a coarse one.
custardnoun	A type of sauce made from milk and eggs (and usually sugar, and sometimes vanilla or other flavourings) and thickened by heat, served hot poured over desserts, as a filling for some pies and cakes, or cold and solidified; also used as a base for some savoury dishes, such as quiches, or eaten as a stand-alone dessert; egg custard.
modified starchnoun	Any of various products, prepared by physical or chemical treatment of starch, that are used as food additives.
wheat starchnoun	Starch obtained from wheat.
breadcornnoun	Corn or grain from which bread is made.
dent cornnoun	Field corn with a high soft starch content.
cornsticknoun	corn on the cob