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Definition starch
Etymology
From Middle English starche (noun), from *starche, sterch (“stiff”, adj), an assibilated form of Middle English stark, sterk (“strong; stiff”), from Old English stearc (“stark; strong; rough”). Compare Middle High German sterke, German Stärke. More at stark.
Noun
starch (countable and uncountable, plural starches)
- (uncountable) 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.
- (nutrition, countable) Carbohydrates, as with grain and potato based foods.
- (uncountable) A stiff, formal manner; formality.
- (countable) Any of various starch-like substances used as a laundry stiffener
Verb
starch (third-person singular simple present starches, present participle starching, simple past and past participle starched)
- To apply or treat with laundry starch, to create a hard, smooth surface.
Adjective
starch (not comparable)
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