starch as a noun: 1 2 1
starch amylum polyose polysaccharide arum cassava cassava starch manioc manioca arrowroot cornflour cornstarch sago amyloid Otaheite arrowroot Otaheite arrowroot starch jump to corresponding sense entry
starch noun
1 starch 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.
synonym: amylum .
Roget 352 :semiliquidity ;
stickiness
etc.
adj.;
viscidity ,
viscosity ;
gummosity † ,
glutinosity † ,
mucosity † ;
spissitude † ,
crassitude † ;
lentor † ;
adhesiveness
etc.
(cohesion)
46 inspissation † ,
incrassation † ;
thickening .
jelly ,
mucilage ,
gelatin ,
gluten ;
carlock † ,
fish glue ;
ichthyocol † ,
ichthycolla † ;
isinglass ;
mucus ,
phlegm ,
goo ;
pituite † ,
lava ;
glair † ,
starch ,
gluten ,
albumen ,
milk ,
cream ,
protein † ;
treacle ;
gum ,
size ,
glue
(tenacity)
327 wax ,
beeswax .
emulsion ,
soup ;
squash ,
mud ,
slush ,
slime ,
ooze ;
moisture
etc.
339
marsh
etc.
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Dutch: stijfsel, zetmeel Polish: skrobia
2 starch A commercial preparation of starch that is used to stiffen textile fabrics in laundering.
Dutch: stijven, zetmeel Polish: krochmal
verb
1 starch adjective
Roget 855 :affected ,
full of affectation ,
pretentious ,
pedantic ,
stilted ,
stagy ,
theatrical ,
big-sounding ,
ad captandum ;
canting ,
insincere .
not natural ,
unnatural ;
self-conscious ;
maniere ;
artificial ;
overwrought ,
overdone ,
overacted ;
euphuist
etc.
577 stiff ,
starch ,
formal ,
prim ,
smug ,
demure ,
tire a quatre epingles ,
quakerish ,
puritanical ,
prudish ,
pragmatical ,
priggish ,
conceited ,
coxcomical ,
foppish ,
dandified ;
finical ,
finikin ;
mincing ,
simpering ,
namby-pamby ,
sentimental .
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Roget 878 :dignified ;
stately ;
proud ,
proud-crested ;
lordly ,
baronial ;
lofty-minded ;
highsouled ,
high-minded ,
high-mettled † ,
high-handed ,
high-plumed ,
high-flown ,
high-toned .
haughty lofty ,
high ,
mighty ,
swollen ,
puffed up ,
flushed ,
blown ;
vainglorious ;
purse-proud ,
fine ;
proud as a peacock ,
proud as Lucifer ;
bloated with pride .
supercilious ,
disdainful ,
bumptious ,
magisterial ,
imperious ,
high and mighty ,
overweening ,
consequential ;
arrogant
etc.
885 unblushing
etc.
880 stiff ,
stiff-necked ;
starch ;
perked stuck-up ;
in buckram ,
strait-laced ;
prim
etc.
(affected)
855 on one's dignity ,
on one's high horses ,
on one's tight ropes ,
on one's high ropes ;
on stilts ;
en grand seigneur [Fr.] .
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Roget 323 :hard ,
rigid ,
stubborn ,
stiff ,
firm ;
starch ,
starched ;
stark ,
unbending ,
unlimber ,
unyielding ;
inflexible ,
tense ;
indurate ,
indurated ;
gritty ,
proof .
adamant ,
adamantine ,
adamantean † ;
concrete ,
stony ,
granitic ,
calculous ,
lithic † ,
vitreous ;
horny ,
corneous † ;
bony ;
osseous ,
ossific † ;
cartilaginous ;
hard as a rock
etc.
n.;
stiff as buckram ,
stiff as a poker ;
stiff as starch ,
stiff as as board .
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Moby thesaurus: aggressiveness , albumen , bang , batter , bonnyclabber , butter , carbohydrate , clabber , cornstarch , cream , curd , dash , dough , drive , egg white , enterprise , fire , gaum , gel , gelatin , get-up-and-go , getup , ginger , glair , glop , glue , gluten , go , goo , gook , goop , gruel , gumbo , gunk , hydroxy aldehyde , hydroxy ketone , initiative , jam , jell , jelly , kick , loblolly , molasses , monosaccharide , mucilage , mucus , pap , paste , pep , pepper , piss and vinegar , pizzazz , polysaccharide , polysaccharose , poop , porridge , pudding , pulp , punch , puree , push , putty , rob , saccharide , semifluid , semiliquid , size , snap , soup , spunk , sticky mess , sugar , syrup , thrust , treacle , trisaccharide , verve , vim , vitality , zing , zip ... show more .
starched adjective
Roget 882 :ostentatious ,
showy ,
dashing ,
pretentious ;
janty † ,
jaunty ;
grand ,
pompous ,
palatial ;
high-sounding ;
turgid
etc.
(big-sounding)
577
gairish † ,
garish ;
gaudy ,
gaudy as a peacock ,
gaudy as a butterfly ,
gaudy as a tulip ;
flaunting ,
flashing ,
flaming ,
glittering ;
gay
etc.
(ornate)
847 splendid ,
magnificent ,
sumptuous .
theatrical ,
dramatic ,
spectacular ;
ceremonial ,
ritual .
solemn ,
stately ,
majestic ,
formal ,
stiff ,
ceremonious ,
punctilious ,
starched .
dressed to kill ,
dressed to the nines ,
decjed out ,
all decked out ,
en granite tenue [Fr.] ,
in best bib and tucker ,
in Sunday best ,
endimanch_e ,
chic .
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Roget 323 :hard ,
rigid ,
stubborn ,
stiff ,
firm ;
starch ,
starched ;
stark ,
unbending ,
unlimber ,
unyielding ;
inflexible ,
tense ;
indurate ,
indurated ;
gritty ,
proof .
adamant ,
adamantine ,
adamantean † ;
concrete ,
stony ,
granitic ,
calculous ,
lithic † ,
vitreous ;
horny ,
corneous † ;
bony ;
osseous ,
ossific † ;
cartilaginous ;
hard as a rock
etc.
n.;
stiff as buckram ,
stiff as a poker ;
stiff as starch ,
stiff as as board .
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Moby thesaurus: buckram , firm , in buckram , pokerlike , prim , ramrodlike , renitent , rigid , rodlike , starch , starchy , stiff , stiff as buckram , stilted , taut , tense , tight , unrelaxed , virgate .
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