Английский разговорный словарь (основной) - starch

stɑ:tʃ n. & v. --n. 1 an odourless tasteless polysaccharide occurring widely in plants and obtained chiefly from cereals and potatoes, forming an important constitutent of the human diet. 2 a preparation of this for stiffening fabric before ironing. 3 stiffness of manner; formality. --v.tr. stiffen (clothing) with starch. østarch-reduced (esp. of food) containing less than the normal proportion of starch. øøstarcher n. [earlier as verb: ME sterche f. OE stercan (unrecorded) stiffen f. Gmc: cf. STARK]