starch
Carbohydrates, as with grain and potato based foods.
Other meanings
A stiff, formal manner; formality.
Any of various starch-like substances used as a laundry stiffener.
Related words
- clearstarch
- destarch
- distarch
- maizestarch
- nitrostarch
- nonstarch
- pentastarch
- starchless
- starchlike
- starchly
- starchman
- starchworks
Word history
From Middle English "starche".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “starch” on Wiktionary, by its contributors, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.