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/ˈstɑːt͡ʃ/ · noun
(uncountable) A widely diffused vegetable substance, found in seeds, bulbs and tubers, as extracted (e.g. from potatoes, corn, rice, etc.) in the form of 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..
Meronym: saccharide
The various elements found in food are the following: Starch, sugar, fats, albumen, mineral substances, indigestible substances.
this Professor is to give the society their stiffening, and infuse into their manners that beautiful political starch, which may qualify them for Levées, Conferences, Visits
The thought of the gun in his back put some starch in him. He needed the handrail, and he limped step by step, but he ascended at his full height.
You're the starch in my collar / You're the lace in my shoe / You will always be my necessity / I'd be lost without you
She starched her blouses.
misrepresenting Sobriety as a Starch and Formal, and Vertue as a Laborious and Slavish thing
Use starch when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Starch means (uncountable) A widely diffused vegetable substance, found in seeds, bulbs and tubers, as extracted (e.g. from potatoes, corn, rice, etc.) in the form of 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..
Common synonyms include amylum.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Meronym: saccharide
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