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   starch

   /stɑːtʃ/

   noun

   • 1. an odourless, tasteless white substance occurring widely in plant tissue and obtained chiefly from cereals and potatoes. It is a polysaccharide which functions as a carbohydrate store and is an important constituent of the human diet.
   • ▪ food containing starch: "they eat far too much starch"
   • 2. powder or spray made from starch and used before ironing to stiffen fabric or clothing: "crisp linen, stiff with starch"
   • 3. stiffness of manner or character: "the starch in her voice"

   verb

   • 1. stiffen (fabric or clothing) with starch: "starch your collar to keep it straight and stiff"
   • 2. (of a boxer) defeat (an opponent) by a knockout: informal North American "Ray Domenge starched Jeff Geddami in the first"

   Word Origin Old English (recorded only in the past participle sterced ‘stiffened’), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch sterken, German stärken ‘strengthen’, also to stark.

   Derivatives

   • 1. starcher noun

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