Whisk sugar and cornstarch in a bowl. Set aside.
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Cornstarch
Synonyms for "cornstarch" (39 found)
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Closest matches (8)
Strong matches (12)
Related words (19)
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3 entriesTranslations
29 translations across 19 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- نَشَاء ذُرَة noun (very fine starch powder)
Chechen
1 entries- ахьар noun (very fine starch powder)
Chinese Cantonese
2 entries- 粟粉 noun (very fine starch powder)
- 鷹粟粉 /鹰粟粉 noun (very fine starch powder)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 太白粉 noun (very fine starch powder)
- 玉米澱粉 /玉米淀粉 noun (very fine starch powder)
- 玉米粉 noun (very fine starch powder)
Danish
1 entries- majsstivelse noun (very fine starch powder)
Esperanto
1 entries- maizamelo noun (very fine starch powder)
Estonian
1 entries- maisitärklis noun (very fine starch powder)
Finnish
1 entries- maissitärkkelys noun (very fine starch powder)
French
1 entries- maïzena noun (very fine starch powder)
Galician
1 entries- maicena noun (very fine starch powder)
German
1 entries- Maisstärke noun (very fine starch powder)
Greek
2 entries- μαϊζένα noun (very fine starch powder)
- νισεστές noun (very fine starch powder)
Hungarian
1 entries- kukoricakeményítő noun (very fine starch powder)
Korean
1 entries- 옥수수 전분 noun (very fine starch powder)
Polish
2 entries- maizena noun (very fine starch powder)
- skrobia kukurydziana noun (very fine starch powder)
Portuguese
2 entries- amido de milho noun (very fine starch powder)
- maisena noun (very fine starch powder)
Slovak
1 entries- kukuričný škrob noun (very fine starch powder)
Spanish
4 entries- almidón noun (very fine starch powder)
- fécula noun (very fine starch powder)
- harina de maíz noun (very fine starch powder)
- maicena noun (very fine starch powder)
Turkish
1 entries- mısır nişastası noun (very fine starch powder)
Sample sentences
3 total sentences available.
Now add cornstarch to make the gravy as thick as cream, adding at the same time salt and Worcestershire sauce.
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Cornstarch is good for thickening soup.
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