Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun cornstarch

1 sense of cornstarch

Sense 1
cornstarch, cornflour -- (starch prepared from the grains of corn; used in cooking as a thickener)
       => starch, amylum -- (a complex carbohydrate found chiefly in seeds, fruits, tubers, roots and stem pith of plants, notably in corn, potatoes, wheat, and rice; an important foodstuff and used otherwise especially in adhesives and as fillers and stiffeners for paper and textiles)