starch
Nouns
- (n) 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,
- (n) a commercial preparation of starch that is used to stiffen textile fabrics in laundering
Verbs
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(v) stiffen with starch
- starch clothes