Usually means: Thickener derived from corn kernels.
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  1. cornstarch: Merriam-Webster
  2. cornstarch: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. cornstarch: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. cornstarch: Collins English Dictionary
  5. cornstarch: Vocabulary.com
  6. Cornstarch, cornstarch: Wordnik
  7. cornstarch: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  8. cornstarch: Wiktionary
  9. cornstarch: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. cornstarch: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  11. cornstarch: Infoplease Dictionary
  12. Cornstarch, cornstarch: Dictionary.com
  13. cornstarch: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  14. Cornstarch: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. Cornstarch: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  16. cornstarch: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  17. cornstarch: Rhymezone
  18. Cornstarch: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  19. cornstarch: FreeDictionary.org
  20. cornstarch: Mnemonic Dictionary
  21. cornstarch: TheFreeDictionary.com
  22. cornstarch: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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  1. cornstarch: Linda's Culinary Dictionary

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  1. cornstarch: Encyclopedia

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  1. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  2. Cornstarch: Merck Manuals

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▸ noun:  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.

Similar:
cornflour, corn starch, starch, tapioca starch, potato starch, maizena, thickening, powdered sugar, corn pudding, corn syrup, more...

Types:
tapioca, potato starch, arrowroot, rice flour, more...

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cornstarch brand, more...

Adjectives:
mix, little, uncooked, stir, more, waxy, dry, blended, ordinary, raw, lemon

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    white,     ivory,     cream,     beige,     pale yellow, more...

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Similar:
cornflour, corn starch, starch, tapioca starch, potato starch, maizena, thickening, powdered sugar, corn pudding, corn syrup, more...

Types:
tapioca, potato starch, arrowroot, rice flour, more...

Phrases:
cornstarch brand, more...

Adjectives:
mix, little, uncooked, stir, more, waxy, dry, blended, ordinary, raw, lemon

Colors:
    white,     ivory,     cream,     beige,     pale yellow, more...



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