English to English
starch
(st/A/r/tS/
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adjective (a)
- Stiff; precise; rigid.(adjective)source: webster1913
noun (n)
- 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(noun.substance)source: wordnet30
- a commercial preparation of starch that is used to stiffen textile fabrics in laundering(noun.substance)source: wordnet30
- 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.(noun)source: webster1913
verb (v)
- stiffen with starch(verb.change)Example:
Starch clothes.
source: wordnet30 - To stiffen with starch.(verb)source: webster1913