starch
v. stiffen with starch; make rigid, make stiff n. edible complex carbohydrate found in plants; substance used to stiffen fabrics; formality, stiffness of manner | ||||
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Starch Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
Starch
(v. t.)
To stiffen with starch.
(n.)
Fig.: A stiff, formal manner; formality.
(n.)
A widely diffused vegetable substance found especially in seeds, bulbs, and tubers, and extracted (as from potatoes, corn, rice, etc.) as 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.
(a.)
Stiff; precise; rigid.
(v. t.)
To stiffen with starch.
(n.)
Fig.: A stiff, formal manner; formality.
(n.)
A widely diffused vegetable substance found especially in seeds, bulbs, and tubers, and extracted (as from potatoes, corn, rice, etc.) as 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.
(a.)
Stiff; precise; rigid.
| WordNet 2.0 |
starch
Noun
1. 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
(synonym) amylum
(hypernym) polysaccharide, polyose
(hyponym) arum
Verb
1. stiffen with starch; "starch clothes"
(hypernym) stiffen
(derivation) amylum
Noun
1. 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
(synonym) amylum
(hypernym) polysaccharide, polyose
(hyponym) arum
Verb
1. stiffen with starch; "starch clothes"
(hypernym) stiffen
(derivation) amylum
| Anagram |
starch
charts
charts
| hEnglish - advanced version |
Starch Definition from Business & Finance Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Glossary of petroleum Industry |
Starch
a complex carbohydrate sometimes added to drilling fluids to reduce filtration loss.
a complex carbohydrate sometimes added to drilling fluids to reduce filtration loss.
| Public Service Advertising Glossary |
Starch
Slang for Daniel Starch and Staff, Inc., an independent advertising readership research organization. They conduct studies of over 100 consumer and business publications and newspapers and publish the findings in a "Starch Report." It gives scores on ad readership for specific issues of a publication.
Context: Print Advertising
Slang for Daniel Starch and Staff, Inc., an independent advertising readership research organization. They conduct studies of over 100 consumer and business publications and newspapers and publish the findings in a "Starch Report." It gives scores on ad readership for specific issues of a publication.
Context: Print Advertising
Starch Definition from Medicine Dictionaries & Glossaries
| NDIC Diabetes Dictionary |
starch
another name for carbohydrate, one of the three main nutrients in food.
another name for carbohydrate, one of the three main nutrients in food.
Starch Definition from Entertainment & Music Dictionaries & Glossaries
| English to Federation-Standard Golic Vulcan |
Starch (n.)
slok
slok
Starch Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Physical Geography Terms and Meanings |
Starch
Complex carbohydrate composed of thousands of glucose units. Main compound that plants use to store their food energy.
Complex carbohydrate composed of thousands of glucose units. Main compound that plants use to store their food energy.
| Phobia |
Diabetophobia
Fear of diabetes
Fear of diabetes
Starch Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia |
Starch
Starch (CAS# 9005-25-8, chemical formula (C6H10O5)n,) is a mixture of amylose and amylopectin (usually in 20:80 or 30:70 ratios). These are both complex carbohydrate polymers of glucose (chemical formula of glucose C6H12O6), making starch a glucose polymer as well, as seen by the chemical formula for starch, regardless of the ratio of amylose:amylopectin.
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