starch
A widely diffused vegetable substance, found in seeds, bulbs and tubers, as extracted…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.
» The dietitian told me I eat too much starch.
Der Ernährungsberater hat mir gesagt, dass ich zu viel Stärke esse.
Meaning
5 senses(uncountable)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.
Meronym: saccharide
Stärke
крахма́лkraxmál
крохма́льkroxmálʹ
(countable)Carbohydrates, as with grain and potato based foods.
Stärke
(uncountable)A stiff, formal manner; formality.
Steifheit
(uncountable)Fortitude.
(countable)Any of various starch-like substances used as a laundry stiffener.
Wäschestärke, Wäschesteife
крахма́лkraxmál
a commercial preparation of starch that is used to stiffen textile fabrics in laundering
Examples
16 sentencesThe dietitian told me I eat too much starch.
deDer Ernährungsberater hat mir gesagt, dass ich zu viel Stärke esse.
This is starch.
Це крохмаль.
ruЭто крахмал.
Corn starch is good for thickening soup.
ruКукурузный крахмал хорош для придания супу густоты.
deMaisstärke eignet sich gut zum Eindicken von Suppen.
How does one cook rice without starch?
deWie kocht man Reis ohne Stärke?
How do you cook rice without starch?
deWie kocht man Reis ohne Stärke?
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English starche, sterche, from Old English *stierċe (“stiffness, rigidity, strFrom Middle English starche, sterche, from Old English *stierċe (“stiffness, rigidity, strength”), from Proto-West Germanic *starkī (“stiffness, rigidity, fortitude, strength”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *sterg- (“stiff, rigid”).
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Forms
plural: starchesSynonyms
1 synonyms- a complex carbohydrate found chiefly in seeds, fruits, tubers, roots and stem pith of plants, notably in corn, potatoes, wheat, and rice; an important foodstuff and used otherwise especially in adhesives and as fillers and stiffeners for paper and textiles:amylum
Word family
26 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable