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1. (n.) starch
a white, tasteless, solid carbohydrate, (C
2. starch
a commercial preparation of this substance used to stiffen textile fabrics in laundering.
3. starch
starches, foods rich in natural starch.
4. starch
stiffness or formality, as of manner.
5. starch
vigor; energy; stamina; boldness.
6. (v.t.) starch
to stiffen or treat with starch.
7. starch
to make stiff or rigidly formal (sometimes fol. by up).
Etymology: (1375–1425; (v.) late ME sterchen orig., to stiffen, OE stercean to strengthen, der. of stearcstark ; (n.) late ME starch(e), sterche, der. of the v.)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) starch, amylum
a complex carbohydrate found chiefly in seeds, fruits, tubers, roots and stem pith of plants, notably in corn, potatoes, wheat, and rice; an important foodstuff and used otherwise especially in adhesives and as fillers and stiffeners for paper and textiles
2. (verb) starch
a commercial preparation of starch that is used to stiffen textile fabrics in laundering
3. (verb) starch
stiffen with starch
"starch clothes"
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1. (noun) starch
a substance in foods such as potatoes, rice, etc.
Avoid foods containing a lot of starch.
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| Definition of 'starch' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) starch
stiff; precise; rigid
2. (noun) starch
a widely diffused vegetable substance found especially in seeds, bulbs, and tubers, and extracted (as from potatoes, corn, rice, etc.) as a white, glistening, granular or powdery substance, without taste or smell, and giving a very peculiar creaking sound when rubbed between the fingers. It is used as a food, in the production of commercial grape sugar, for stiffening linen in laundries, in making paste, etc
3. (noun) starch
fig.: A stiff, formal manner; formality
4. (verb) starch
to stiffen with starch
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U.S. National Library of Medicine |
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1. starch
Any of a group of polysaccharides of the general formula (C6-H10-O5)n, composed of a long-chain polymer of glucose in the form of amylose and amylopectin. It is the chief storage form of energy reserve (carbohydrates) in plants.
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Sense: a white food substance found especially in flour, potatoes etc
Bread contains starch.
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 Afrikaans: stysel |
 Arabic: نَشاء |
 Bulgarian: скорбяла |
 Brazilian: amido |
 Czech: škrob |
 German: die Stärke |
 Danish: stivelse |
 Greek: άμυλο |
 Estonian: tärklis |
 Farsi: نشاسته |
 Finnish: tärkkelys |
 French: fécule, amidon |
 Hebrew: עֲמִילָן |
 Hindi: मांडी, कलफ |
 Croatian: škrob |
 Hungarian: keményítő |
 Indonesian: kanji |
 Icelandic: mjölvi, sterkja |
 Italian: amido |
 Japanese: でん粉 |
 Korean: 녹말 |
 Lithuanian: krakmolas |
 Latvian: ciete; stērķele |
 Malay: kanji |
 Dutch: zetmeel |
 Norwegian: stivelse |
 Polish: skrobia |
 Portuguese: amido |
 Romanian: feculă, amidon |
 Russian: крахмал |
 Slovak: škrob |
 Slovenian: škrob |
 Serbian: skrob |
 Swedish: stärkelse |
 Thai: แป้ง |
 Turkish: nişasta |
 Taiwanese: 澱粉 |
 Ukrainian: крохмаль |
 Urdu: میدہ |
 Vietnamese: tinh bột |
 Chinese: 淀粉 |
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