Starch
Definition of Starch
Pronunciation: stärcht | a. | 1. | Stiff; precise; rigid. | | n. | 1. | (Chem.) 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. | | 2. | Fig.: A stiff, formal manner; formality. | | v. t. | 1. | To stiffen with starch. |
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