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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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK, uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cornstarch, maizeflour, maizestarch
Antonyms: none provided
A flour for baking and cooking that is ground from corn (maize).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable, usually
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: maizeflour, maizena
Antonyms: none provided
starch prepared from the grains of corn; used in cooking as a thickener
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cornstarch
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: starch, amylum
From corn + flour. Piecewise doublet of cornflower.
Across languages
Translations
24 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Basque:
artirin
— very fine starch powder derived from maize
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Chechen:
ахьар
(aḥrar)
— very fine starch powder derived from maize
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Chinese Cantonese:
粟粉
(suk1 fan2)
— very fine starch powder derived from maize
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Chinese Mandarin:
玉米澱粉 /玉米淀粉
(yùmǐ diànfěn)
— very fine starch powder derived from maize
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Estonian:
maisitärklis
— very fine starch powder derived from maize
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Finnish:
maissitärkkelys
— very fine starch powder derived from maize
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French:
maïzena
— very fine starch powder derived from maize
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Galician:
maicena
— very fine starch powder derived from maize
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Greek:
άνθος αραβοσίτου
(ánthos aravosítou)
— very fine starch powder derived from maize
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Hebrew:
קוֹרְנְפְלוֹר
(kórnflor)
— very fine starch powder derived from maize
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Malay:
tepung jagung
— very fine starch powder derived from maize
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Māori:
parāoa kānga
— very fine starch powder derived from maize
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Polish:
maizena
— very fine starch powder derived from maize
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Polish:
skrobia kukurydziana
— very fine starch powder derived from maize
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Spanish:
maicena
— very fine starch powder derived from maize
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Spanish:
harina de maíz
— very fine starch powder derived from maize
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Spanish:
fécula
— very fine starch powder derived from maize
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Spanish:
almidón
— very fine starch powder derived from maize
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Swedish:
majsstärkelse
— very fine starch powder derived from maize
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Thai:
แป้งข้าวโพด
— very fine starch powder derived from maize
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Turkish:
mısır unu
— very fine starch powder derived from maize
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Estonian:
maisijahu
— a flour for baking and cooking that is ground from maize (US corn)
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Hungarian:
kukoricaliszt
— a flour for baking and cooking that is ground from maize (US corn)
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Polish:
mąka kukurydziana
— a flour for baking and cooking that is ground from maize (US corn)
