Starch - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|stɑːrtʃ|
Brit.
|stɑːtʃ|
noun
- 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
- a commercial preparation of starch that is used to stiffen textile fabrics in laundering
- a commercial preparation of starch that is used to stiffen textile fabrics in laundering
verb
- stiffen with starch
starch clothes
Extra examples
...a middle-aged woman who has retained the starch of youth...
I washed the curtains and starched them.
He eats a lot of starch.
Avoid fatty foods and starches.
Word forms
noun
singular: starch
plural: starches
singular: starch
plural: starches
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