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单词 starch gums
释义

starch /stärch/

noun
  1. The principal reserve food material stored in plants, chemically a carbohydrate, (C6H10O5)x (also called amylum), used in laundry as a stiffener
  2. Stiffness, formality
adjective
  1. Made of starch
  2. Stiff, rigid, formal
transitive verb

To stiffen or stick with starch

ORIGIN: OE stercan to stiffen, inferred from stercedferhth stiff-spirited; cf Ger Stärke strength, vigour, starch, and stark

starched adjective

starchedly /stärchtˈli or stärˈchid-li/ adverb

starchedness /stärchtˈnis or stärˈchid-nis/ noun

starchˈer noun

starchˈily adverb

starchˈiness noun

starchˈy adjective

  1. Of or like starch
  2. Stiff, formal, strait-laced, prim
  3. Precise

starch blocker noun

A slimming aid which is thought to prevent the body from digesting starch

starchˈ-grain noun

A rounded or irregular mass of starch in the plastids of plants

starch gum noun

Dextrin

starch hyacinth noun

The grape hyacinth, from its smell

starch paper noun

A test paper for iodine, coated with starch and potassium iodide

starchˈ-reduced adjective

(of bread, etc for the use of slimmers) containing less than the usual amount of starch

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