cornstarch

See also: corn starch

English

Alternative forms

• corn starch

Etymology

From corn +‎ starch.

Pronunciation

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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.

   Synonyms: cornflour (UK), maizestarch (rare)

Translations

very fine starch powder — see also cornflour

Arabic: نَشَاء ذُرَة m (našāʔ ḏura) Chechen: ахьар (aḥʳar) Chinese: Cantonese: 粟粉 (suk1 fan2), 鷹粟粉 / 鹰粟粉 (jing1 suk1 fan2) (Hong Kong) Mandarin: 玉米澱粉 / 玉米淀粉 (zh) (yùmǐ diànfěn), 玉米粉 (zh) (yùmifěn), 太白粉 (zh) (tàibáifěn) Danish: majsstivelse c Esperanto: maizamelo Estonian: maisitärklis Finnish: maissitärkkelys (fi) French: maïzena (fr) Galician: maicena (gl) f German: Maisstärke (de) f Greek: νισεστές (el) m (nisestés), μαϊζένα n (maïzéna) Hungarian: kukoricakeményítő (hu) Japanese: please add this translation if you can Korean: 옥수수 전분 (oksusu jeonbun) Polish: maizena (pl) f, skrobia kukurydziana (pl) f Portuguese: amido de milho m, maisena (pt) f Slovak: kukuričný škrob Spanish: maicena (es) f, harina de maíz f, fécula (es) f, almidón (es) f, maizena f Turkish: mısır nişastası

See also

• baby powder

Further reading

• cornstarch on Wikipedia.Wikipedia