Antonyms for starch

Grammar : Noun

Spell : stahrch

Phonetic Transcription : stɑrtʃ

Definition of starch

Origin : c.1400, from Old English *stercan (Mercian), *stiercan (West Saxon) "make rigid," found in stercedferhð "fixed, hard, resolute" (related to stearc "stiff"), from Proto-Germanic *starkijanan (cf. German Stärke "strength, starch"), from PIE root *ster- "strong, firm, stiff, rigid" (see stark). Related: Starched; starching.

noun laundering agent
noun complex carbohydrate
noun stiff bearing
noun vigor
noun strengthener

Example sentences :

I honor the girl's spirit for not disguising it with starch and pomatum.
Extract from : « Graham's Magazine Vol. XXXII No. 2. February 1848 » by Various

Starch is made from it both for the laundry and for the manufacture of farina, dextrin, etc.
Extract from : « Storyology » by Benjamin Taylor

The dried pulp from which the starch has been extracted is used for making boxes.
Extract from : « Storyology » by Benjamin Taylor

That dust, on being transferred to the stage of a microscope, was found to contain an enormous number of starch grains.
Extract from : « The Method By Which The Causes Of The Present And Past Conditions Of Organic Nature Are To Be Discovered.--The Origination Of Living Beings » by Thomas H. Huxley

It is these starch grains which form many of those bright specks that we see dancing in a ray of light sometimes.
Extract from : « The Method By Which The Causes Of The Present And Past Conditions Of Organic Nature Are To Be Discovered.--The Origination Of Living Beings » by Thomas H. Huxley

I said: 'No, you furnish the soap and starch and what you pay is enough.
Extract from : « Chit-Chat; Nirvana; The Searchlight » by Mathew Joseph Holt

The maid who answered the bell wore a white apron which crackled with starch.
Extract from : « Mary-'Gusta » by Joseph C. Lincoln

But only think of him who converts your cutlet into charcoal, and your steak into starch!
Extract from : « Nuts and Nutcrackers » by Charles James Lever

You can tell what foods have starch in them by testing them with iodine.
Extract from : « Common Science » by Carleton W. Washburne

To be absorbed and assimilated this starch must first be transformed into sugar.
Extract from : « The Industries of Animals » by Frdric Houssay

Synonyms for starch

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