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starch
Noun
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Starch is a carbohydrate found in seeds, fruits, roots, and tubers.
Potatoes and rice are a good source of starch.
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Starch is a white powder made from carbohydrates and added to clothes during washing to make them stiff.
She added starch to the washing to stiffen the shirt collars.
starch
Verb
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To starch is to add a powder to washing to make the material stiff.
His freshly washed clothes had been starched and were so hard that it was difficult to put them on.
flour
Noun
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Flour is grain (or other plants parts) that has been crushed.