Definitions for starch
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Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:2.0 / 1 vote

1. starch, amylumnoun

   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. starchverb

   a commercial preparation of starch that is used to stiffen textile fabrics in laundering

3. starchverb

   stiffen with starch

   "starch clothes"

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. starchnoun

   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.

2. starchnoun

   Carbohydrates, as with grain and potato based foods.

3. starchnoun

   A stiff, formal manner; formality.

4. starchnoun

   Any of various starch-like substances used as a laundry stiffener

5. starchverb

   To apply or treat with laundry starch, to create a hard, smooth surface.

   She starched her blouses.

6. starchadjective

   Stiff; precise; rigid.

7. Etymology: stearc. See also stark. Compare German stärke.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. STARCHnoun

   A kind of viscous matter made of flower or potatoes, with which linen is stiffened, and was formerly coloured.

   Etymology: from starc, Teutonick, stiff.

   Has he
   Dislik’d your yellow starch, or said your doublet
   Was not exactly Frenchified. John Fletcher, Queen of Corinth.

   With starch thin laid on, and the skin well stretched, prepare your ground. Henry Peacham, on Drawing.

2. To Starchverb

   To stiffen with starch.

   Etymology: from the noun.

   Her goodly countenance I’ve seen
   Set off with kerchief starch’d and pinners clean. John Gay.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Starch

   Starch or amylum is a polymeric carbohydrate consisting of numerous glucose units joined by glycosidic bonds. This polysaccharide is produced by most green plants for energy storage. Worldwide, it is the most common carbohydrate in human diets, and is contained in large amounts in staple foods such as wheat, potatoes, maize (corn), rice, and cassava (manioc). Pure starch is a white, tasteless and odorless powder that is insoluble in cold water or alcohol. It consists of two types of molecules: the linear and helical amylose and the branched amylopectin. Depending on the plant, starch generally contains 20 to 25% amylose and 75 to 80% amylopectin by weight. Glycogen, the energy reserve of animals, is a more highly branched version of amylopectin. In industry, starch is often converted into sugars, for example by malting. These sugars may be fermented to produce ethanol in the manufacture of beer, whisky and biofuel. In addition, sugars produced from processed starch are used in many processed foods. Mixing most starches in warm water produces a paste, such as wheatpaste, which can be used as a thickening, stiffening or gluing agent. The principal non-food, industrial use of starch is as an adhesive in the papermaking process. A similar paste, § clothing starch, can be applied to certain textile goods before ironing to stiffen them.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. starch

   Starch is a type of carbohydrate, a complex sugar molecule, found in many plants. It serves as a vital energy source for humans and animals. In plants, it is used as a way to store glucose. Starches can be found in common foods like potatoes, rice, and wheat. It is white, tasteless and odorless and is used in cooking for thickening sauces or soups. Under a microscope, starch is revealed to be composed of two types of molecules: linear amylose and branched amylopectin. Digestive enzymes break down starch into glucose to provide energy for the body.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Starchadjective

   stiff; precise; rigid

2. Starchnoun

   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. Starchnoun

   fig.: A stiff, formal manner; formality

4. Starchverb

   to stiffen with starch

5. Etymology: [From starch stiff, cf. G. strke, fr. stark strong.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Starch

   Starch or amylum is a carbohydrate consisting of a large number of glucose units joined by glycosidic bonds. This polysaccharide is produced by all green plants as an energy store. It is the most common carbohydrate in the human diet and is contained in large amounts in such staple foods as potatoes, wheat, maize, rice, and cassava. Pure starch is a white, tasteless and odorless powder that is insoluble in cold water or alcohol. It consists of two types of molecules: the linear and helical amylose and the branched amylopectin. Depending on the plant, starch generally contains 20 to 25% amylose and 75 to 80% amylopectin by weight. Glycogen, the glucose store of animals, is a more branched version of amylopectin. Starch is processed to produce many of the sugars in processed foods. Dissolving starch in warm water gives wheatpaste, which can be used as a thickening, stiffening or gluing agent. The biggest industrial non-food use of starch is as adhesive in the papermaking process. Starch can be applied to parts of some garments before ironing, to stiffen them; this is less usual now than in the past.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Starch

   stärch, n. the pure fecula or white farinaceous matter of vegetables, yielding a translucent jelly used for stiffening clothes in the laundry: stiffness, formality.—adj. stiff, rigid, formal.—adj. Starched, stiffened with starch: formal.—adv. Starch′edly.—ns. Starch′edness; Starch′er; Starch′-hy′acinth, a plant allied to the hyacinth, so called from the smell of the flower.—adv. Starch′ily, in a starch or stiff manner: formally.—ns. Starch′iness, the state or quality of being starchy: stiffness of manner: formality; Starch′-su′gar, glucose.—adj. Starch′y, consisting of, or like, starch: stiff: precise. [A special use of adj. stark; cf. Ger. stärke, starch—stark, strong.]

U.S. National Library of MedicineRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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.

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. starch

   A type of carbohydrate.

   Starch can be found in plants, fruit and vegetables and is extracted and used for a variety of purposes.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on May 26, 2016  

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Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. STARCH

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Starch is ranked #109758 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Starch surname appeared 161 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Starch.
   
   93.7% or 151 total occurrences were White.
   6.2% or 10 total occurrences were Black.

Matched Categories

1. • Stiffen

Anagrams for starch »

1. charts

2. trachs

3. scarth

4. scrath

How to pronounce starch?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of starch in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of starch in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of starch in a Sentence

1. Shelley Aggarwal:

   Food is so much more than protein, starch, and vitamins and minerals, yet many people struggle to have fun with food.

2. Terry Pratchett, Men at Arms:

   Sham Harga had run a succesful eatery for many years by always smiling, never extending credit, and realizing that most of his customers wanted meals properly balanced between the four food groups: sugar, starch, grease and burnt crunchy bits.

3. Dariush Mozzafarian:

   Numerous trials have shown that, in people trying to lose weight, high-fat diets that focus on reducing starch, other refined grains and sugars are as effective or more effective than healthy low-fat diets in the long term, this trial should finally lay to rest our country’s long-running fear of fat, when it comes from healthy foods such as nuts and extra virgin olive oil.

4. E. M. Forster:

   Faith, to my mind, is a stiffening process, a sort of mental starch, which ought to be applied as sparingly as possible.

5. Chris Cuddy:

   Every day we have to figure out new homes for that starch capacity.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=starch
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Starch
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=starch
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starch
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/starch
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=starch
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=starch
9. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
   https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html