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starch

starch
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [stahrch]
    • /stɑrtʃ/
    • /stɑːtʃ/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [stahrch]
    • /stɑrtʃ/

Definitions of starch word

  • noun starch a white, tasteless, solid carbohydrate, (C 6 H 1 0 O 5) 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, wheat, beans, potatoes, and many other vegetable foods. 1
  • noun starch a commercial preparation of this substance used to stiffen textile fabrics in laundering. 1
  • noun starch starches, foods rich in natural starch. 1
  • noun starch stiffness or formality, as of manner: He is so full of starch he can't relax. 1
  • noun starch Informal. vigor; energy; stamina; boldness. 1
  • verb with object starch to stiffen or treat with starch. 1

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Origin of starch

First appearance:

before 1375
One of the 22% oldest English words
1375-1425; (v.) late Middle English sterchen orig., to stiffen, Old English stercean to make stiff, strengthen, derivative of stearc stark; cognate with German stärken to strengthen; (noun) late Middle English starch(e), sterche, derivative of the v.

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Parts of speech for Starch

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

starch popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 95% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

starch usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for starch

noun starch

  • birr — to make or cause to make a whirring sound
  • calenture — a mild fever of tropical climates, similar in its symptoms to sunstroke
  • carbohydrate — Carbohydrates are substances, found in certain kinds of food, that provide you with energy. Foods such as sugar and bread that contain these substances can also be referred to as carbohydrates.
  • cellulose — Cellulose is a substance that exists in the cell walls of plants and is used to make paper, plastic, and various fabrics and fibres.
  • dextrin — any of a group of sticky substances that are intermediate products in the conversion of starch to maltose: used as thickening agents in foods and as gums

verb starch

  • braze — to decorate with, make like, or make of brass
  • brazes — to unite (metal objects) at high temperatures by applying any of various nonferrous solders.
  • caked — If something is caked with mud, blood, or dirt, it is covered with a thick dry layer of it.
  • calcified — Body tissue that is calcified has become hard because of the presence of substances called calcium salts.
  • calcify — to convert or be converted into lime

adj starch

  • characterless — If you describe something as characterless, you mean that it is dull and uninteresting.
  • cliched — If you describe something as clichéd, you mean that it has been said, done, or used many times before, and is boring or untrue.
  • commonplace — If something is commonplace, it happens often or is often found, and is therefore not surprising.
  • farinaceous — consisting or made of flour or meal, as food.
  • garden variety — common, usual, or ordinary; unexceptional.

adjective starch

  • workaday — of or befitting working days; characteristic of a workday and its occupations.

Top questions with starch

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