Starch
11starch — [ startʃ ] noun 1. ) uncount a substance used for making clothes stiff 2. ) count or uncount a white substance without any taste that is found in rice, potatoes, and other vegetables. It is a type of CARBOHYDRATE that gives you energy …
12starch|er — «STAHR chuhr», noun. 1. a person who starches. 2. a machine for starching …
13starch — starchless, adj. starchlike, adj. /stahrch/, n. 1. a white, tasteless, solid carbohydrate, (C6H10O5)n, occurring in the form of minute granules in the seeds, tubers, and other parts of plants, and forming an important constituent of rice, corn,… …
14starch — clear·starch; ni·tro·starch; starch; starch·er; starch·i·ly; starch·i·ness; starch·less; starch·ly; starch·man; starch·ness; …
15starch — A high molecular weight polysaccharide built up of d glucose residues in α 1,4 linkage, differing from cellulose in the presence of α rather than β glucoside linkages, that exists in most plant tissues; converted into dextrin when subjected to… …
16starch — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [A laundering agent] Syn. stiffening, sizing, laundry starch, cornstarch, arrowroot starch, spray starch. 2. [A complex carbohydrate] Syn. glycogen, polysaccharide, carbohydrate; see carbohydrate , sugar . 3. [A stiff… …
17starch — [[t]stɑ͟ː(r)tʃ[/t]] starches, starching, starched 1) N MASS Starch is a substance that is found in foods such as bread, potatoes, pasta, and rice and gives you energy. She reorganised her eating so that she was taking more fruit and vegetables… …
18starch — /statʃ / (say stahch) noun 1. a white, tasteless solid, chemically a carbohydrate (C6H10O5)n, occurring in the form of minute grains in the seeds, tubers, and other parts of plants, and forming an important constituent of rice, wheat, beans,… …
19starch — I n. cornstarch; potato starch II v. to starch stiffly * * * [stɑːtʃ] cornstarch: potato starch to starch stiffly …
20starch — starch1 [sta:tʃ US sta:rtʃ] n 1.) [U and C] a substance which provides your body with energy and is found in foods such as grain, rice, and potatoes, or a food that contains this substance = ↑carbohydrate ▪ He eats a lot of starch. ▪ Avoid fatty… …
