Definition of Starch
Noun: starch staa(r)ch
- 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
- A commercial preparation of starch that is used to stiffen textile fabrics in laundering
- A stiff, formal manner; formality
- Stiffen with starch
"starch clothes"
See also:
starbursts
starched
Anagrams containing the word starch