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starch meaning in Malayalam

അന്നജം

UK/ˈstɑːt͡ʃ//ˈstɑɹt͡ʃ/

starch in Malayalam: അന്നജം, കഞ്ഞിപ്പശ, അയവില്ലാത്ത, ധാന്യകം. In English, starch means a widely diffused vegetable substance, found in seeds, bulbs and tubers, as extracted (e.g. from potatoes, corn, rice, etc.) in the form of 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.

Malayalam words for starch

അന്നജം, കഞ്ഞിപ്പശ, അയവില്ലാത്ത, ധാന്യകം, നൂറ്

English meaning of starch

  1. noun A widely diffused vegetable substance, found in seeds, bulbs and tubers, as extracted (e.g. from potatoes, corn, rice, etc.) in the form of 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.
  2. noun Carbohydrates, as with grain and potato based foods.
  3. noun A stiff, formal manner; formality.
  4. noun Fortitude.

Full definition of starch

starch in a sentence

  • She starched her blouses.

starch in other languages

Questions about starch in Malayalam

What is the meaning of starch in Malayalam?
Starch in Malayalam is അന്നജം, കഞ്ഞിപ്പശ, അയവില്ലാത്ത, ധാന്യകം.
starch എന്നതിന്റെ മലയാളം അർത്ഥം എന്താണ്?
Starch: അന്നജം, കഞ്ഞിപ്പശ, അയവില്ലാത്ത, ധാന്യകം.
What does starch mean in English?
Starch means a widely diffused vegetable substance, found in seeds, bulbs and tubers, as extracted (e.g. from potatoes, corn, rice, etc.) in the form of 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.

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Malayalam words from Malayalam Wiktionary: starch (page history and authors). English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: starch (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Malayalam words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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