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

1 sense of dextrin

Sense 1
dextrin -- (any of various polysaccharides obtained by hydrolysis of starch; a tasteless and odorless gummy substance that is used as a thickening agent and in adhesives and in dietary supplements)
       => polysaccharide, polyose -- (any of a class of carbohydrates whose molecules contain chains of monosaccharide molecules)