Ground corn reduced to a fine powder or flour, used in cooking and baking as a thickening agent or ingredient.
From corn (grain) plus floor (powder or ground substance, from Old English), literally 'ground corn.'
Cornflour became a kitchen staple exactly when starch became fashionable in Victorian cooking—every elaborate sauce had to be thickened with this fine white powder.
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