Examples of 'starch' in a sentence

Meaning of "starch"

Starch is a noun that describes a white, odorless substance used in cooking to thicken sauces or as a stiffening agent
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  • A widely diffused vegetable substance, found especially 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.
  • Carbohydrates, as with grain and potato based foods.
  • A stiff, formal manner; formality.
  • Fortitude.

How to use "starch" in a sentence

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Put a little starch in the last rinse.
Starch builds up on sides and bottom of bowl.
They dissolve the starch to an insoluble gluten.
Starch for use in the manufacture of textiles.
Check out the starch in these socks.
Starch for use in the manufacture of paper.
Exports of cereal starch and potato starch.
The starch sector supports the proposal.
There are collars to starch and shirts to deliver.
Corn starch is good for thickening soup.
I added a little bit of starch because it was liquidy.
Potato starch is starch extracted from potatoes.
Production of cereal starch and potato starch.
Potato starch is in competition with cereal starch.
Development of potato starch production and quotas.

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Starch derivatives for food human consumption.
Technically pure starch obtained from wheat.
Starch moguls also improved worker safety.
Technically pure starch obtained from maize.
Starch slurry is used to thicken the sauce.
Product consisting of starch expanded by heat treatment.
Corn starch can be used if katakuriko is unavailable.
We need a lot of starch for marching feet.
The starch is also suitable for baking.
The unbranched form of starch is called amylose.
Potato starch is at a competitive disadvantage on this market.
You put too much starch in my collar.
Simple starch bioplastic can be made at home.
Your aunt said he had a starch mill.
A little starch will fix her right up.
I suspect it will turn out to be corn starch.
Residues of starch manufacture and similar residues.
Surprised you did not starch the sling.
Quantity of starch needed to produce one tonne.
He used to wear these white starch shirts.
Containing starch or products derived from starch.
I do not take too much starch in my collars.
Laundry starch is used in the laundering of clothes.
Successful commissioning of a modernised maize starch factory.
The usage of raw starch is relatively small.
To starch our uniformsfrom the inside out.
Amylase breaks starch down into sugars.
Development of the production of potato starch within.
We have collars to starch and shirts to deliver.
We got some cattail root for starch.
Untreated starch requires heat to thicken or gelatinize.
Signature and stamp of the starch manufacturer.
Roman starch from that collar of yours.
Glues made from dextrin or from starch vc.
You even starch your shirts now.

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