Definitions from Wiktionary (starch)

▸ noun:  (uncountable) A widely diffused vegetable substance, found especially in seeds, bulbs and tubers, as extracted (e.g. from potatoes, corn, rice, etc.) in the form of 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.
▸ noun:  (nutrition, countable) Carbohydrates, as with grain and potato based foods.
▸ noun:  (uncountable) A stiff, formal manner; formality.
▸ noun:  (uncountable) Fortitude.
▸ noun:  (countable) Any of various starch-like substances used as a laundry stiffener.
▸ verb:  To apply or treat with laundry starch, to create a hard, smooth surface.
▸ adjective:  Stiff; precise; rigid.
▸ Also see starch





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