Starch vs. Flour

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.

Flournoun

Powder obtained by grinding or milling cereal grains, especially wheat, or other foodstuffs such as soybeans and potatoes, and used to bake bread, cakes, and pastry.

Flournoun

The food made by grinding and bolting cleaned wheat (not durum or red durum) until it meets specified levels of fineness, dryness, and freedom from bran and germ, also containing any of certain enzymes, ascorbic acid, and certain bleaching agents.

Flournoun

Powder of other material.

Flournoun

obsolete form of flower

Flourverb

(transitive) To apply flour to something; to cover with flour.

Flourverb

(transitive) To reduce to flour.

Flourverb

(intransitive) To break up into fine globules of mercury in the amalgamation process.

Flournoun

The finely ground meal of wheat, or of any other grain; especially, the finer part of meal separated by bolting; hence, the fine and soft powder of any substance; as, flour of emery; flour of mustard.

Flourverb

To grind and bolt; to convert into flour; as, to flour wheat.

Flourverb

To sprinkle with flour.

Flournoun

fine powdery foodstuff obtained by grinding and sifting the meal of a cereal grain

Flourverb

cover with flour;

Flourverb

convert grain into flour

Flournoun

a powder obtained by grinding grain, typically wheat, and used to make bread, cakes, and pastry.

Flournoun

fine, soft powder obtained by grinding the seeds or roots of starchy vegetables

Flourverb

sprinkle (something, especially a work surface or cooking utensil) with a thin layer of flour.

Flourverb

grind (grain) into flour.

Flour

Flour is a powder made by grinding raw grains, roots, beans, nuts, or seeds. Flours are used to make many different foods.