Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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cornflour | Yes | No | No | No |
starch | Yes | No | Yes | No |
cornflour (noun) | starch (noun) |
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starch prepared from the grains of corn; used in cooking as a thickener | 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 |
a commercial preparation of starch that is used to stiffen textile fabrics in laundering |
cornflour (verb) | starch (verb) |
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stiffen with starch |