cornflour n 1: starch prepared from the grains of corn; used in cooking as a thickener [syn: {cornstarch}, {cornflour}]
cornflour \corn"flour`\, corn flour \corn" flour`\n. a flour or starch prepared from the grains of corn; it is used in cooking as a thickener. Syn: cornstarch. [WordNet 1.5]