starch
[noun]
Synonyms: vigor, bang, drive, getup, go, pep, punch, push, snap, vitality

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I. starch¹ /stɑːtʃ $ stɑːrtʃ/ noun

1. [uncountable and countable] a substance which provides your body with energy and is found in foods such as grain, rice, and potatoes, or a food that contains this substance Synonym : carbohydrate:
He eats a lot of starch.
Avoid fatty foods and starches.

2. [uncountable] a substance that is mixed with water and is used to make cloth stiff

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

II. starch² verb [transitive usually passive]
[Date: 1400-1500; Origin: Probably from an unrecorded Old English stercan 'to make stiff']
to make cloth stiff, using starch:
a starched tablecloth

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

starch
stɑ:tʃ
See: take the starch out of

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