cornflour
Britishnoun
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US and Canadian name: cornstarch. a fine starchy maize flour, used esp for thickening sauces
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a fine wheat flour
Example Sentences
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Footage of the event showed several people trying to restrain the pair as they sprayed the stones with a mix of cornflour, talcum powder and orange dye.
From Barron's • Oct. 31, 2025
Two Just Stop Oil protesters were arrested, after spraying the historic site near Salisbury, Wiltshire, with cornflour at about 12:00 BST on Wednesday.
From BBC • Jun. 20, 2024
Just Stop Oil said the orange powder paint was cornflour and it would "wash away with rain".
From BBC • Jun. 19, 2024
For the batter, put the flour, 80g of cornflour, water, one teaspoon of flaked salt and the seeds into a large bowl.
From The Guardian • Aug. 22, 2020
They were fed twice a-day with rice, horse-beans, or cornflour; and every morning and evening, they were placed in a rank, two and two together, and driven to a pond to water.
From Antigua and the Antiguans, Volume II (of 2) A full account of the colony and its inhabitants from the time of the Caribs to the present day by Anonymous
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