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starchless

Variant of starch

noun

  1. a white, tasteless, odorless food substance found in potatoes, rice, corn, wheat, cassava, and many other vegetable foods: it is a granular solid, chemically a complex carbohydrate, (CHO), and is used in adhesives, sizes, foods, cosmetics, medicine, etc.
  2. a powdered form of this, used in laundering for stiffening cloth, fabrics, etc.
  3. starchy foods
  4. formal, unbending manner or behavior; stiffness
  5. Informal energy; vigor

transitive verb

to stiffen with or as if with starch

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