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Another word for starch

starch Synonyms

starch

n.

A laundering agent
stiffening, sizing, laundry starch, cornstarch, arrowroot starch, spray starch.
A complex carbohydrate
glycogen, polysaccharide, carbohydrate; see carbohydrate, sugar.
A stiff bearing
stiffness, formality, ceremony, decorum.
Vigor
energy, vitality, stamina; see vigor 1, 2.

starch Synonyms

starch

v.

dip in starch, add starch, make stiff; see stiffen 2, thicken 2.

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Another word for starch

noun

A quality of active mental and physical forcefulness:

dash, punch, verve, vigor, vigorousness, vim, vitality. (Informal) snap. Idiom: vim and vigor. See action, tired

verb

To make stiff or stiffer:

stiffen. See flexible

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Maltose, malt-sugar, maltobiose, C12H22011, is formed, together with dextrine, by the action of malt diastase on starch, and as an intermediate product in the decomposition of starch by sulphuric acid, and of glycogen by ferments.
In Europe, potato starch is generally employed; in America, corn starch.
Embedded in the protoplasm are a number of starch grains.
As the starch-grains grow, the leucoplasts gradually disappear.
Starch grains are sometimes present.

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