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Definisi 'starch'
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English to English adjective
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Stiff; precise; rigid. |  | source: webster1913
noun
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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 | | source: wordnet30
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a commercial preparation of starch that is used to stiffen textile fabrics in laundering | | source: wordnet30
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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. | | source: webster1913
verb
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stiffen with starch | | Example: starch clothes
source: wordnet30
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To stiffen with starch. | | source: webster1913
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