corn flour

American  

noun

1. flour made from corn.

2. British. cornstarch.

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Etymology

Origin of corn flour

An Americanism dating back to 1665–75

Compare meaning

How does corn-flour compare to similar and commonly confused words? Explore the most common comparisons:

• cornmeal vs. corn flour

Example Sentences

Rather than using bread made from typical wheat flour, arepas are made using corn flour.

From BBC

Working the gas grill, which faces the sidewalk, Rivera continually lifted cooked slices of meat and placed them into warm tortillas, made on site from corn flour.

From Los Angeles Times

While cereal grains are now fortified, masa, the corn flour used in tortillas, tamales and tostadas, is not.

From Seattle Times

California, tired of waiting for the federal government to do the right thing, is considering Assembly Bill 1830, requiring that each pound of masa corn flour be fortified with 0.7 mg of folic acid.

From Seattle Times

Moving from a diet of meadow bugs and worms to a mash of corn flour and milk in its final sedentary weeks, this revered Gallic bird acquires a unique muscular succulence.

From New York Times