Word Meaning

starch definition and meaning

a. Stiff; precise; rigid.
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.
n. Fig.: A stiff, formal manner; formality.
v. t. To stiffen with starch.

Crossword clues for starch

- Carb
- carbohydrate
- Carbohydrate in potatoes
- Carbohydrate kept in the laundry
- Stiffen
- Stiffen (fabric)
- Stiffening substance