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starch  (stärch)

n.

1. A naturally abundant nutrient carbohydrate, (C₆H₁₀O₅)_n, found chiefly in the seeds, fruits, tubers, roots, and stem pith of plants, notably in corn, potatoes, wheat, and rice, and varying widely in appearance according to source but commonly prepared as a white amorphous tasteless powder.

2. Any of various substances, such as natural starch, used to stiffen cloth, as in laundering.

3. starches Foods having a high content of starch, as rice, breads, and potatoes.

4.

a. Stiff behavior.

b. Vigor; mettle: "Business travel can take the starch out of the most self-assured corporate titan" Lisa Faye Kaplan.

tr.v. starched, starch·ing, starch·es

To stiffen with starch.

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[Middle English starche, substance used to stiffen cloth (sense uncertain), from sterchen, to stiffen, from Old English *stercan; see ster-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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starch

Noun

1. a carbohydrate forming the main food element in bread, potatoes, and rice: in solution with water it is used to stiffen fabric

2. food containing a large amount of starch

Verb

to stiffen (cloth) with starch [Old English sterced stiffened]

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starch  (stärch)

1. A carbohydrate that is the chief form of stored energy in plants, especially wheat, corn, rice, and potatoes. Starch is a mixture of two different polysaccharides built out of glucose units, and forms a white, tasteless powder when purified. It is an important source of nutrition and is also used to make adhesives, paper, and textiles.

2. Any of various substances, including natural starch, used to stiffen fabrics.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	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 amylum arum - starch resembling sago that is obtained from cuckoopint root cassava, cassava starch, manioc, manioca - a starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant; the source of tapioca; a staple food in the tropics polyose, polysaccharide - any of a class of carbohydrates whose molecules contain chains of monosaccharide molecules arrowroot - a nutritive starch obtained from the root of the arrowroot plant 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 - a non-nitrogenous food substance consisting chiefly of starch; any substance resembling starch Otaheite arrowroot, Otaheite arrowroot starch - a starch obtained from the root of the pia
	2.	starch - a commercial preparation of starch that is used to stiffen textile fabrics in laundering formulation, preparation - a substance prepared according to a formula; "the physician prescribed a commercial preparation of the medicine"
Verb	1.	starch - stiffen with starch; "starch clothes" stiffen - make stiff or stiffer; "Stiffen the cream by adding gelatine"

Translations

starch [stɑːtʃ] n → almidón m

starch [stɑːtʃ] n → amidon m;

(in food) → fécule f

starch [stɑːtʃ] n → Stärke f

starch [stɑːtʃ] n → amido

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starch

n starch [staːtʃ]

1 a white food substance found especially in flour, potatoes etc Bread contains starch. stysel نَشاء скорбяла škrob stivelse die Stärke άμυλο tärklis نشاسته tärkkelys fécule, amidon עֲמִילָן मांडी, कलफ škrob keményítő kanji mjölvi, sterkja amido でん粉 전분 krakmolas ciete; stērķele kanji zetmeel stivelse skrobia amido feculă, amidon крахмал škrob škrob skrob stärkelse แป้ง nişasta 澱粉 крохмаль میدہ tinh bột 淀粉

2 a powder prepared from this, used for stiffening clothes. stysel نَشاء الثِّياب нишесте škrob (tøj-)stivelse die Stärke κόλλα κολαρίσματος tärklis آهار tärkki amidon עֲמִילָן कलफ चढ़ाने में उपयोग होने वाला पाउडर štirka keményítő tepung kanji stífelsi appretto 洗たくのり 풀 krakmolas ciete; stērķele kanji stijfsel stivelsesmiddel krochmal goma amidon крахмал škrob škrob štirak stärkelse แป้งขาวใช้ลงผ้าแข็ง kola 漿粉(漿衣服用) крохмаль کلف hồ 浆粉（浆衣服用）

v

to stiffen (clothes) with starch. stysel يُنَشّي الثِّياب колосвам škrobit stive stärken κολαρίζω tärgeldama آهار زدن tärkätä empeser לְעֲמלֵן कलफ चढ़ाना, कलफ लगाना škrobiti, štirkati (ki)keményít menganji stífa inamidare, apprettare のりをつける ...에 풀을 먹이다 krakmolyti cietināt; stērķelēt menganji stijven gjøre stiv, stive krochmalić engomar a apreta крахмалить škrobiť škrobiti uštirkati stärka ลงแป้งให้แข็ง kolalamak (衣服)上漿 крохмалити کپڑے کو کلف لگانا hồ vải, làm cứng （衣服）上浆

adj ˈstarchy

like or containing starch cake, biscuits and other starchy foods. styselagtig نَشَوي съдържащ скорбяла škrobovitý stivelsesholdig stärkehaltig αμυλώδης, αμυλούχος tärkliseline نشاسته دار tärkkelyspitoinen féculent מְכִיל עֲמִילָן मांडमय, कलफदार, औरपचारिक, शुष्क koji sadrži škrob, uškrobljen keményítő tartalmú mengandung kanji mjölvakenndur amidaceo でんぷん質の 전분(질)의 turintis krakmolo, krakmolytas cieti saturošs berkanji zetmeelrijk stivelsesholdig skrobiowy, nakrochmalony amiláceo care con­ţine amidon мучнистый škrobnatý škrobnat skrobni stärkelsehaltig เกี่ยวกับแป้ง nişastalı 含澱粉的 крохмалистий; накрохмалений کلفدار có nhiều tinh bột 含淀粉的

n ˈstarchiness

styselagtigheid نَشَوِيَّه съдържание на скорбяла škrobenost, upjatost stivelsesholdighed die Steifheit περιεκτικότητα σε άμυλο tärkliselisus نشاسته اي tärkkelyspitoisuus raideur נוֹקשוּת कड़ापन uštirkanost, ukočenost feszesség, merevség, kimértség keadaan mengandung kanji stirðleiki rigidità でんぷんっぽさ 전분 krakmolingumas cietinājums; stērķelējums kandungan kanji stijfheid det som inneholder stivelse sztywność w zachowaniu excesso de amido rigiditate мучнистость škrobenosť, upätosť togost uštirkanost stärkelsehalt ความแข็งกระด้าง nişastalı olma 漿性 крохмалистість کلفداری sự có hồ bột, sự cứng nhắc 浆性