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cornstarch

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

cornstarch material made by pulverizing the ground, dried residue of corn grains after preparatory soaking and the removal of the embryo and the outer covering. It is used as laundry starch, in sizing paper, in making adhesives, and in cooking. Dextrin , corn syrup, and corn sugar are produced by the hydrolysis of cornstarch. See starch .

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cornstarch

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

corn·starch / ˈkôrnˌstärch/ • n. finely ground corn flour, used as a thickener in cooking.

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corn starch

A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition | 2005 | | Copyright

corn starch See cornflour.

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DAVID A. BENDER. "corn starch." A Dictionary of Food and Nutrition. 2005. Encyclopedia.com. 26 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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cornstarch

Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

cornstarch •arch, larch, march, parch, starch •frogmarch • cornstarch

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	Know when cornstarch trumps flour as a thickener.(Food)(Baking secrets)(Recipe) Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL); 5/9/2007
	Some other household uses for cornstarch.(Food) Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL); 5/25/2011
	ALPINE TO PHASE OUT CORNSTARCH-POWDERED LATEX GLOVES. Magazine article from: Industrial Environment; 3/1/2000