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starch

20 ENTRIES FOUND:
  1. 1) starch (verb)
  2. 2) starch (noun)
  3. starch blue (noun)
  4. starch corn (noun)
  5. starch equivalent (noun)
  6. starch gum (noun)
  7. starch layer (noun)
  8. starch nitrate (noun)
  9. starch room (noun)
  10. starch sheath (noun)
  11. starch star (noun)
  12. starch syrup (noun)
  13. allyl starch (noun)
  14. animal starch (noun)
  15. curcuma starch (noun)
  16. floridian starch (noun)
  17. palm starch (noun)
  18. soluble starch (noun)
  19. thin-boiling starch (noun)
  20. potato flour (noun)

1starch

verb \ˈstärch\

Definition of STARCH

transitive verb
: to stiffen with or as if with starch
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Examples of STARCH

  1. He starches the collars of his shirts.

Origin of STARCH

Middle English sterchen, probably from Old English *stercan to stiffen; akin to Old English stearc stiff — more at stark
First Known Use: 15th century

Rhymes with STARCH

arch, larch, march, parch

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