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Meanings of starch in English

Portuguese
amido
Catalan
midó
Spanish
almidón

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.

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Usage of starch in English
1
Because maltodextrin is water soluble, however, water would dissolve the starch granules.
Cooking for geeks: real science, great hacks, and good food
2
Place in a saucepan and then dissolve the starch in the milk.
Mrs. Wilson's Cook Book / Numerous New Recipes Based on Present ...
3
In the saliva is the ptyalin, which begins to digest the starch.
Maintaining Health (Formerly Health and Efficiency)
4
Heat together in the boiler and stir the corn starch into this.
Woman's Institute Library of Cookery. Volume 4: Salads and Sandw...
5
Life in the city has taken the starch all out of you.
Wayside Courtships
6
He fell in love with Tatiana, who worked in the starch factory.
Orpheus in Mayfair, and Other Stories and Sketches
7
This starch paste acts in the same manner as the insoluble mucilage.
The Scientific Monthly, October to December, 1915
8
All five starchless mutants showed a decreased or completely absent starch content.
Pubmed
9
The starch should be dissolved in boiling water and allowed to cool.
American Hand Book of the Daguerreotype
10
Its activity was sufficient to account for the rate of starch degradation.
Pubmed
11
Her red wig had extra starch today, every hair shellacked into place.
Dolly departed
12
The young clerk twisted his head round in its vase of starch.
A Thief in the Night: A Book of Raffles' Adventures
13
Here, we report that AMY3 is also involved in stress-induced starch degradation.
Pubmed
14
From the roots of the latter, the starch called tapioca is derived.
Early European History
15
Stir until the starch is dissolved and then add to the stock.
Mrs. Wilson's Cook Book / Numerous New Recipes Based on Present ...
16
After the second year is completed gradually increase the variety of starch.
Maintaining Health (Formerly Health and Efficiency)
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Translations for starch
Spanish
almidón
Starch through the time
Starch across language varieties
United States of America
Common
United Kingdom
Less common