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• Cellulose, starches, and complex carbohydrates, such as glycogen, are common polysaccharides in biology.From the entry polysaccharide
• Mashed potatoes is (or are) my favorite starch dish.From the entry mashed potatoes
• The major reason that bread stales is not moisture loss, but rather a process called retrogradation, in which the starch molecules in the bread crystallize.From the entry retrogradation
• There are three main classes of biopolymers: polynucleotides (such as RNA and DNA), polypeptides (such as collagen and actin), and polysaccharides (such as cellulose and starch).From the entry biopolymer
• More starches as fillers, less costly than proteins, more money pocketed by the companies.2026 January 5, u/easyandthorny, “Is pâté a healthier option than flaked, grilled or in gravy?”, in r/catfood. From the entry cheapflation
• The digested butyrylated starch was subjected to a debutyration process before chain length distribution analysis.2022, Lingjin Li et al., “Butyl Group Distribution, Intestinal Digestion, and Colonic Fermentation Characteristics of Different…. From the entry debutyration
• Soak the pieces in a bowl of water for 5 minutes to draw out the extra starch.2022, Emily J. Bushman, “Daikagu Imo”, in Bake Anime: 75 Sweet Recipes Spotted In—and Inspired by—Your Favorite Anime (A Cookbook), New…. From the entry satsumaimo
• A translucent, gelatinous cake made from the starch of a yamlike tuber known as devil's tongue.2015, Ron Herbst, Sharon Tyler Herbst, The Deluxe Food Lover's Companion, 2nd edition. From the entry yamlike
• Its big rhizome provides starch used to make bread while its young shoots could be eaten fresh.2014 January 10, Gabrielle Chan, “Deserted beaches hide evidence of thousands of years of Aboriginal history”, in The Guardian. From the entry cumbungi
• For bread preparation, 7 or 8% of damaged starch is desirable in the panary fermentation.2011, Rajarathnam Ezekiel, Narpinder Singh, “Use of Potato Flour in Bread and Flat Bread”, in Victor R. Preedy, Ronald Ross Watson, Vinood…. From the entry panary
• “You need to convert the starches in the corn into fermentable sugars,” the always entertaining Mr.2009 September 9, Joyce Wadler, “Chew It Up, Spit It Out, Then Brew. Cheers!”, in New York Times. From the entry fermentable
• But who would actually accept a stranger's monogrammed kerchief, no matter how starched and bleached?2008, Sara Jane Stoner, The Sis, page 98. From the entry tissueless
• There are a few nonpotato appetizers and salads if you are feeling starched out.2007, Elizabeth Albertson, Ireland for Dummies. From the entry nonpotato
• The surface of uncoated fine art paper is sometimes sized with starches or gelatins.2004, Harald Johnson, Mastering Digital Printing. From the entry art paper
• Unlike starch, the pentosans don't retrograde and harden after being cooked and cooled.2004, Harold McGee, chapter 9, in On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen, Scribner, →ISBN. From the entry pentosan
• Potato flour (not potato starch) makes pasta with a delicious and distinctly potato-ey flavor.2004, Lidia Matticchio Bastianich with David Nussbaum, Lidia’s Family Table, New York, N.Y.: Alfred A. Knopf, →ISBN, page 177. From the entry potato-ey
• All laid out on the pier-table, its cloth so starched it might stand on its own.2001, Jamie O’Neill, chapter 6, in At Swim, Two Boys, page 151. From the entry pier table
• Vegan egg replacers are made from tapioca, potato starch, vegetable lecithin, calcium carbonate and a cellulose-based filler.1989, Vegetarian Times, number 147, page 42. From the entry replacer
• The poges wear spit-shined boots and starched utilities and Air Force sunglasses.1979, Gustav Hasford, The Short-Timers, New York: Bantam Books, published 1980, →ISBN, page 39. From the entry poge
• Lamellae and starch granules appear first in the plastonema and later in the plastosome.1961, University of California, Davis, Summaries of Dissertations Submitted in Partial Satisfaction of the Requirements for the Degree of…. From the entry plastosome
• The favourite professional mountant was, and to some extent still is, starch paste.1911, Bernard Edward Jones, Encyclopedia of Photography, reprint edition, published 1964, →ISBN, page 365. From the entry mountant
• Froth or scum at the paper machine consists largely of clay, rosin, and starch.1907, Clayton Beadle, Chapters on Papermaking, page 71. From the entry froth
• Seeders was thin and had light hair, and appeared to have been recently roughdried and starched.1906, O. Henry, The Four Million. From the entry roughdry
• Explorers Eyre, Kreft, and George Moore all refer to the importance of bulrush starch in different parts of the continent.2018, Bruce Pascoe, Dark Emu, Scribe, published 2020, page 56. From the entry bulrush
• Dean wore his crushed silk vestock and starched linen collar, somewhat presumptuously with a large pectoral cross, made of nails.2017, George Pitcher, A Dark Nativity. From the entry vestock
• Although the flavor is somewhat artichokelike, the vegetable’s starch content hints at a nuttier potato, with an underlying sweetness.2017 February 24, Nancy Stiles, “Three Ways to Use Sunchokes While They're in Season”, in Feast Magazine. From the entry artichokelike
• Some rices, also, already had the now-common genetic variant of the starch amylose that makes them cook up sticky.2014, E. N. Anderson, Food and Environment in Early and Medieval China, page 40. From the entry rices
• The extrusion process is applied to modify the flavor by introducing a slightly roasted flavor and to pregelatinize the oat starch.2011, Elke Arendt, Fabio Dal Bello, Gluten-Free Cereal Products and Beverages, page 196. From the entry pregelatinize
• The cooking gelatinizes the starch and makes the absit viscous.2011, Elke Arendt, Fabio Dal Bello, Gluten-Free Cereal Products and Beverages, →ISBN, page 135. From the entry absit
• One important difference is the pericarp of sorghum is more bran-like and contains starch granules in the cells.2009, Stanley P. Cauvain, Linda S. Young, The ICC Handbook of Cereals, Flour, Dough & Product Testing: Methods and Applications, DEStech…. From the entry pericarp
• Assistants help the actors dress and wrap the yards of starched undercloth which give many of the characters their bulbous shape.2003, Phillip Zarrilli, Kathakali Dance-Drama: Where Gods and Demons Come to Play. From the entry undercloth
• Eleuthera made palmetto plat for hats, arrowroot, and casaba starch.2000, Whittington Bernard Johnson, Race Relations in the Bahamas, 1784–1834. From the entry plat
• Rice starch gives clothes a boardy effect.1998, Noemia D’Souza, Fabric Care, New Age International Publishers, →ISBN, page 65. From the entry boardy
• In principal there are two metabolic routes for the degradation of transitory starch: an amylolytic and a phosphorylytic pathway.1997, Christine Foyer, A Molecular Approach To Primary Metabolism In Higher Plants, →ISBN. From the entry phosphorylytic
• Those little fat-sponges with starch and salt attached.1995 March, Randall Shirley, “Birth of the French Fry”, in Orange Coast Magazine. From the entry greasebomb
• This includes looading, unloading, and operating controls of machines to wash, dye, starch, roughdry, or condition items for pressing.1993, Federal personnel manual system:, page 88. From the entry roughdry
• It is full of starch and carbohydrates.1974 November 25, Frederick Goodridge, “Of fermented malt and grain beverages”, in The Heights, volume LV, number 13, Boston College, page…. From the entry yamless
• A crisp fresh odour of starch wafted from the cardboard-stiff jacket which covered a well-built, Sunday athlete's frame.1968, Dorothy Uhnak, chapter 8, in The Bait, London: Mysterious Press in association with Arrow Books, published 1988, →ISBN, page 101. From the entry crisp

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.

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How do you use starch in a sentence?

Starch is used as a noun, verb and adjective. For example: “She starched her blouses.”

What is a short sentence with starch?

“She starched her blouses.”

What does starch mean?

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.