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cornstarch

[ kawrn-stahrch ]

noun

  1. a starch or a starchy flour made from corn and used for thickening gravies and sauces, making puddings, etc.


cornstarch

/ ˈɔːˌɑːʃ /

noun

  1. a fine starchy maize flour, used esp for thickening sauces Also called (in Britain and certain other countries)cornflour
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of cornstarch1

An Americanism dating back to 1850–55; corn 1 + starch
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JSO has said its last protest – to be held at the end of April – will mark "the end of soup on Van Goghs, cornstarch on Stonehenge and slow marching in the streets".

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The company discontinued mineral-based talc in North America in 2020 - and followed suit in the UK last year - replacing it with cornstarch.

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Hall, then 24, had originally set out to create the world’s most comfortable chair, filling a plastic sack with gelatin and then cornstarch with disappointing results.

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I read that you should not use cornstarch as a talc replacement because it feeds the fungus.

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The Constitution was not damaged, according to the National Archives Museum, which said that the powder was found to be a combination of pigment and cornstarch.

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