starch
/ˈstɑɹt͡ʃ/noun, verb1 syllable
Starch means: 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.
Synonyms for starch1
noun, as in 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
What does starch mean?3
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
verb
stiffen with starch“starch clothes”
Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
What rhymes with starch?2
Starch in a sentence
- Please tell me how to use laundry starch to starch things.fcbond
- Starch degradation is linked to a circadian clock.marcelostockle
- Dad used spray starch to stiffen his dress shirts.casaniere
- Corn starch gives the white sauce its consistency.AlanF_US
- The dietitian told me that I eat too much starch.AlanF_US
- The dietitian told me that I consume too much starch.AlanF_US
- The dietitian told me I eat too much starch.CK
- Corn starch is good for thickening soup.orcrist
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Forms of starch
as a noun
- plural
- starches
as a verb
- past tense
- starched
- present participle
- starching
- third-person singular
- starches
- past participle
- starched