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
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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
Ms Naidu, Ms Lynch and Mr Watson had been accused of using two colour blasters filled with cornflour, talc and an orange dye to spray the monument in a protest on 19 June 2024.
From BBC ● Oct. 31, 2025
The group said the orange powder paint was cornflour and would "wash away with rain".
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2024
In a bowl, mix the teaspoon of cornflour with the teaspoon of water, to make a rough paste, then stir in the light soy sauce and rice wine.
From The Guardian ● Feb. 19, 2020
Sauce:—Take a quarter of a pint of cold water, mix a teaspoonful of cornflour with it, add the juice of half a lemon and a little white sugar; boil all together, stirring all the time.
From The Girl's Own Paper, Vol. VIII, No. 354, October 9, 1886 by Charles Peters
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