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corn flour

noun

British

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We roasted tomatoes, garlic and chiles for red salsa, mixed corn flour with pork fat for the tamale batter, and roasted ancho chiles before frying them in oil and boiling them in chicken stock for the 27-ingredient mole sauce. The New York Times News Service Syndicate, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Jan. 2026 Many residents bought water, corn flour, butter, cheese, bread, rice, and non-perishable food such as tuna — supplies to get them through in case the fighting lasted several days. Antonio María Delgado, Miami Herald, 3 Jan. 2026 The lightest, mole amarillo, is actually more ochre in color, and is thickened with masa, or corn flour. Sean Timberlake, Sacbee.com, 20 Dec. 2025 Particularly popular around Christmas and other holidays or reasons to celebrate, tamales are made with masa — a dough made from corn flour — steamed in a corn husk and seasoned with meat, cheese or other fillings. Evan Mealins, Nashville Tennessean, 19 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for corn flour

Word History

First Known Use

1791, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of corn flour was in 1791

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“Corn flour.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/corn%20flour. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.

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