starch /stärch/

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

1. Made of starch
2. Stiff, rigid, formal

To stiffen or stick with starch

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

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