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starch
noun as in laundering agent
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noun as in complex carbohydrate
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Quite a few of these loafs use potato starch and tapioca starch in attempts to produce a lighter, fluffier product.
Sugar and lots of starch will give you a boost followed by a crash that will end your late night partying.
Making it with quinoa instead of rice gives you the wonderful taste and comfort of risotto without all that starch.
Tsai: The ratio of vegetables to meat to starch is much higher.
Starch-granules are recognized by their concentric striations and the fact that they stain blue with iodin solutions.
Starch-granules sometimes retain their original form, but are ordinarily not to be recognized except by their staining reaction.
Starch is insoluble in cold water, but by boiling, it dissolves, forming a thick paste.
Mandy Ann had put on her best frock, a white one, stiff with starch, and standing out like a small balloon.
Have ready some very clear and weak gum-arabic water, or some thin starch, or rice-water.
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On this page you'll find 70 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to starch, such as: sizing, stiffening, and laundry starch.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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