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noun

a white, tasteless, solid carbohydrate, (C₆H₁₀O₅)_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.

a commercial preparation of this substance used to stiffen textile fabrics in laundering.

starches, foods rich in natural starch.

stiffness or formality, as of manner: He is so full of starch he can't relax.

Informal. vigor; energy; stamina; boldness.

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verb (used with object)

to stiffen or treat with starch.

to make stiff or rigidly formal (sometimes followed by up).

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Origin:
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.

Related forms

starch·less, adjective

starch·like, adjective

o·ver·starch, verb (used with object)

o·ver·starched, adjective

un·starched, adjective

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Starch is a substance, one form of which is used for cooking, and another of which is used to add firmness and shape to clothing.

It breaks starch molecules into more digestible fragments.

The new research is based on the discovery that domestic chili peppers leave behind telltale starch grains.

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Starch is a substance, one form of which is used for cooking, and another of which is used to add firmness and shape to clothing.

It breaks starch molecules into more digestible fragments.

The new research is based on the discovery that domestic chili peppers leave behind telltale starch grains.

Tapioca starch flour is one of the main ingredients in countless gluten free products found in the developed world.

In fact, the roots in space grew even longer than the ones on earth, though with differences in starch and soluble sugar content.

In a pasta salad, though, the starch soaks up the dressing and makes the dish gummy.

Fold in tapioca starch until it forms a workable ball of dough.

The evidence was in the form of microscopic starch granules found on stone tools from the cave.

The raw material for the process is glucose syrup made from maize starch.

Also, several types of starch grains were found on the stones, which the researchers say is residue from cracking local nuts.

Modern wheat has high starch yields, but low protein.

When plants or animals need to store glucose, they stack the molecules into long chains to make starch.

The starch in potatoes is contained in tiny packets called potato buds.

These are all made from a proprietary mixture of limestone and potato starch.

In a large bowl, mix flour, potato starch and egg until smooth.

At the moment, ethanol-whether for wine, beer or fuel-is made by fermenting sugar or starch.

Mix the sauce well into the pasta until the pasta's starch binds with the other ingredients.

But it only removes starch and sugars which have no nutritional value to mammals.

The starch from the potatoes blends with the melted cheese and butter to make the sauce even richer and smoother.

Myhrvold cuts his potatoes into batons and rinses them to get rid of surface starch.

The brew master roasts the barley to kill the plant, but the enzyme continues to convert the starch to sugar.

The fattening of the both species has probably a common origin: maize syrup and starch.

If you must use disposable items, provide compostable dishes made from corn or potato starch.

However long carbon molecules are also good for energy storage, and are usually seen in nature in the form of starch or cellulose.

Once standard sweet corn is picked its sugar changes to starch quickly.

The wing endplates are potato starch covered with flax fiber.

English piles salt on top of fat on top of meat on top of starch.

Just wait and see that starch and fine wines do not move a population to defend itself in the time of trouble.

Bioethanol is an alcohol made from fermented materials that come from sugar and starch crops.

When sugars are created from corn starch some sucralose is created and can be separated as a higher value product.

The brewing photo above is from the mashing step, when you add the malted barley to warm water to convert the starch to sugars.

Fragmented rice kernels, with the bran removed, used as supplemental starch in beer-making.

The soup takes a while to cook, so the rice has time to release its starch.

Opt for refillable pens made from recycled plastic or biodegradable plastic created from corn starch.

He'd ask me to press his shirts for him and starch the collar andcuffs.

It may also contain a moisture-reducing product such as corn starch.

They even boiled starch from some of their clothes to make a thick soup.

So is wheat, which is corn's counterpart as the starch source of choice in the.

The starch molecules need water molecules to form their crystal structure.

The cooked grains were gelatinous and matched the appearance of bean starch she had cooked in her laboratory for comparison.

When growth resumes after dormancy, the stored starch is changed back.

The chili pepper starch grains found in domestic strains, the researchers note, are distinct from any other plant starches as.

Slowly beat some of the cream into the potato starch, beating to blend the cream and the starch together.

There is, however, an alternative use for the abundance of corn starch now around: fermenting it into ethanol for use as.

Starch is a mean and weird teacher who you don't want to mess around with.

And it has the starch content of the potato to thank.

Lu and colleagues compared the shape and patterning of the starch grains and seed husks in the noodle bowl with modern crops.

When the packets are broken, the starch oozes out and the potatoes.

The friction melts the starch in the corn and causes the.

It didn't take much detective work to determine that the starch grains were indeed from hot peppers.

It converts a substantial part of dietary sugar and starch to fat even when a person is at constant weight.

In another small bowl, mix together the tapioca starch with two and a half tablespoons of water.

The friction melts the starch in the corn and causes.

Too much starch made the chips gummy, as well as higher in calories.

The long grains have less starch on the surface which makes for a fluffier less sticky product.

Along with normal iodine, the charged particles interact with starch to create it a blue-black color.

The liquid is added gradually to the pasta, which absorbs it completely and thereby retains its starch.

But that's better than fast growth, spurred by hot weather, which produces weak vines and peas that turn too quickly to starch.

The zabaglione can be held for more than an hour if a scant teaspoon of potato starch is mixed with the sugar.

The lemon has so little starch that it does not sweeten much after picking.

Chlorination alters the starch particles to make batters more viscous, and thus less likely to fall.

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World English Dictionary

starch (stɑːtʃ)

—n
1.	a polysaccharide composed of glucose units that occurs widely in plant tissues in the form of storage granules, consisting of amylose and amylopectinRelated: amylaceous
2.	Also called: amylum a starch obtained from potatoes and some grain: it is fine white powder that forms a translucent viscous solution on boiling with water and is used to stiffen fabric and in many industrial processes
3.	any food containing a large amount of starch, such as rice and potatoes
4.	stiff or pompous formality of manner or conduct

—vb
5.	(tr) to stiffen with or soak in starch

—*adj*
6.	(of a person) formal; stiff

Related: amylaceous

[Old English stercan (unattested except by the past participle sterced) to stiffen; related to Old Saxon sterkian, Old High German sterken to strengthen, Dutch sterken; see stark]

'starcher

—n

'starchlike

—*adj*

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Word Origin & History

starch

1402, from O.E. *stercan (Mercian), *stiercan (W.Saxon) "make rigid," found in stercedferhð "fixed, hard, resolute" (related to stearc "stiff"), from P.Gmc. *starkijanan (cf. Ger. Stärke "strength, starch"), from PIE base *ster- "strong, firm, stiff, rigid" (see

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stark). The noun meaning "pasty substance used to stiffen cloth" is first recorded c.1440, from the verb. Fig. sense of "stiffness of manner" is recorded from 1705.

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Medical Dictionary

starch (stärch)
n.

A naturally abundant nutrient carbohydrate found chiefly in the seeds, fruits, tubers, roots, and stem pith of plants, and commonly prepared as a white, amorphous, tasteless powder used in powders, ointments, and pastes. Also called amylum.
A food having a high content of starch, such as rice, bread, and potatoes.

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Science Dictionary

starch (stärch) Pronunciation Key

A carbohydrate that is the chief form of stored energy in plants, especially wheat, corn, rice, and potatoes. Starch is a mixture of two different polysaccharides built out of glucose units, and forms a white, tasteless powder when purified. It is an important source of nutrition and is also used to make adhesives, paper, and textiles.
Any of various substances, including natural starch, used to stiffen fabrics.

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