Definition of Starches

1. Noun. Foodstuff rich in natural starch (especially potatoes, rice, bread).


Definition of Starches

1. Noun. (plural of starch) ¹

2. Verb. (third-person singular of starch) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Starches

1. starch [v] - See also: starch

Lexicographical Neighbors of Starches

starbowline
starbowlines
starburst
starburst galaxies
starburst galaxy
starbursted
starbursting
starbursts
starch
starch wheat
starched
starchedly
starchedness
starcher
starchers
starches (current term)
starchier
starchiest
starchily
starchiness
starchinesses
starching
starchitect
starchitects
starchitecture
starchitectures
starchless
starchlike
starchly
starchness

Literary usage of Starches

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Allen's Commercial Organic Analysis: A Treatise on the Properties, Modes of by Alfred Henry Allen (1909)
"The following arrangement of starches, according to their microscopic ... The starches are arranged in 5 classes.1 I. The potato group includes such oval or ..."

2. Industrial Chemistry: A Manual for the Student and Manufacturer by Allen Rogers (1920)
"Large oval granules, showing concentric rings and a nucleus or hilum, placed eccentrically, such as the various arrowroot and potato starches, the potato ..."

3. Industrial Chemistry: A Manual for the Student and Manufacturer by Allen Rogers (1920)
"Large oval granules, showing concentric rings and a nucleus or In'"in, placed eccentrically, such as the various arrowroot and potato starches, the potato ..."

4. A Manual of Practical Hygiene by Edmund Alexander Parkes (1878)
"The starch grains are like those of the potato, but much larger, and the concentric lines are beautifully marked and distinct. (See Plate of starches. ..."

5. A Manual of Practical Hygiene by Edmund Alexander Parkes (1878)
"The starch grains are like those i the potato, but much larger, and the concentric Unes are beautifully i and distinct. (See Plate of starches. ..."

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