starch meaning in Tamil
மாச்சத்து
UK/ˈstɑːt͡ʃ//ˈstɑɹt͡ʃ/
starch in Tamil: மாச்சத்து, தரசம். 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.
Tamil words for starch
- மாச்சத்து, தரசம்
English meaning of starch
- 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.
- noun Carbohydrates, as with grain and potato based foods.
- noun A stiff, formal manner; formality.
- noun Fortitude.
starch in a sentence
- She starched her blouses.
starch in other languages
- starch in Hindi
- starch in Marathi
- starch in Urdu
- starch in Bengali
- starch in Malayalam
- starch in Kannada
- starch in Punjabi
- starch in Gujarati
- starch in Odia
- starch in Assamese
- starch in Nepali
- starch in Tagalog
- starch in Arabic
- starch in Malay
- starch in Indonesian
- starch in Persian
- starch in Thai
- starch in Vietnamese
Questions about starch in Tamil
- What is the meaning of starch in Tamil?
- Starch in Tamil is மாச்சத்து, தரசம்.
- starch என்பதன் தமிழ் அர்த்தம் என்ன?
- Starch: மாச்சத்து, தரசம்.
- 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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Tamil words from Tamil 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 Tamil words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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