Starch vs. Farina

Starchnoun

(uncountable) A widely diffused vegetable substance found especially in seeds, bulbs, and tubers, and extracted (as from potatoes, corn, rice, etc.) as 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.

Starchnoun

Carbohydrates, as with grain and potato based foods.

Starchnoun

A stiff, formal manner; formality.

Starchnoun

(countable) Any of various starch-like substances used as a laundry stiffener

Starchverb

To apply or treat with laundry starch, to create a hard, smooth surface.

Starchadjective

Stiff; precise; rigid.

Starchadjective

Stiff; precise; rigid.

Starchnoun

A widely diffused vegetable substance found especially in seeds, bulbs, and tubers, and extracted (as from potatoes, corn, rice, etc.) as 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.

Starchnoun

Fig.: A stiff, formal manner; formality.

Starchverb

To stiffen with starch.

Starchnoun

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

Starchverb

stiffen with starch;

Starchnoun

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.

Starchnoun

food containing starch

Starchnoun

powder or spray made from starch and used before ironing to stiffen fabric or clothing

Starchnoun

stiffness of manner or character

Starchverb

stiffen (fabric or clothing) with starch

Starchverb

(of a boxer) defeat (an opponent) by a knockout

Starch

Starch or amylum is a polymeric carbohydrate consisting of numerous glucose units joined by glycosidic bonds. This polysaccharide is produced by most green plants for energy storage.

Farinanoun

A fine flour or meal made from cereal grains or from the starch or fecula of vegetables, extracted by various processes, and used in cookery.

Farinanoun

A fine flour or meal made from cereal grains or from the starch or fecula of vegetables, extracted by various processes, and used in cookery.

Farinanoun

Pollen.

Farinanoun

fine meal made from cereal grain especially wheat; often used as a cooked cereal or in puddings