Definition of starch Starch
/stɑˈɹʧ/ - [starch] - starch
We found 18 definitions of starch from 7 different sources.
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What does starch mean?
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| starch - 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 | ||
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| polyose, polysaccharide any of a class of carbohydrates whose molecules contain chains of monosaccharide molecules | ||
| arum any plant of the family Araceae; have small flowers massed on a spadix surrounded by a large spathe | ||
| cassava starch, manioca, cassava, manioc any of several plants of the genus Manihot having fleshy roots yielding a nutritious starch | ||
| arrowroot white-flowered West Indian plant whose root yields arrowroot starch | ||
| cornflour, cornstarch starch prepared from the grains of corn; used in cooking as a thickener | ||
| sago powdery starch from certain sago palms; used in Asia as a food thickener and textile stiffener | ||
| amyloid (pathology) a waxy translucent complex protein resembling starch that results from degeneration of tissue | ||
| starch - a commercial preparation of starch that is used to stiffen textile fabrics in laundering | ||
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| starch - stiffen with starch; "starch clothes" | ||
| stiffen make stiff or stiffer; "Stiffen the cream by adding gelatine" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- starch (Noun)
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. - starch (Noun)
Carbohydrates, as with grain and potato based foods. - starch (Noun)
A stiff, formal manner; formality. - starch (Noun)
Any of various starch-like substances used as a laundry stiffener. - starch (Verb)
To apply or treat with laundry starch, to create a hard, smooth surface. - starch (Adjective)
Stiff; precise; rigid.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- starch (a.)
Stiff; precise; rigid. - starch (n.)
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. - starch (n.)
Fig.: A stiff, formal manner; formality. - starch (v. t.)
To stiffen with starch.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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starch
A polysaccharide which is a combination of many monosaccharide molecules, made during photosynthesis and stored as starch grains in many plants. -
starch
To treat with laundry starch in order to stiffen.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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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.]
Wikipedia 
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Starch is a complicated carbohydrate. Pasta, potatoes, and other starchy foods are made out of carbohydrates. It is made of lots of sugars. Plants use it to keep energy.
Starch in food.
Some good food sources of starch are cereals, breads, potatoes, grains, peas, and beans. Starch is also used for thickening sauces in cooking. It is a white powder that is tasteless and odourless. It can also be used for thickening cold foods when they are pre-cooked.
Laundry starch.
There are also different kinds of starch like Laundry Starch which is a gives clothing a smooth and crisp feel. Sweat and dirt from a person’s wrist and neck would stick to the starch on the clothes, and not on the fibers of the clothes and would wash away along with the starch. Then, after each laundry load, the starch would be used again.
Other facts.
Starch glues are used in wood, cotton, and bonding of paper. Animals and humans have amylase, so they can digest starch.
Starch was used in Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries to stiffen the collars and ruffs of the fine linen which surrounded the neck. Starch also requires heat to thicken. The actual temperature depends on the type of starch.
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