Meaning of starch
Definition of starch
(noun)
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
a
commercial
preparation
of
starch
that is
used
to
stiffen
textile
fabrics in
laundering
(verb)
stiffen
with starch; "starch clothes"
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