Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference - starch
Starch
starch
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. Phrases and idioms starch-reduced (esp. of food) containing less than the normal proportion of starch. Derivatives starcher n. Etymology: earlier as verb: ME sterche f. OE stercan (unrecorded) stiffen f. Gmc: cf. STARK
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I. transitive verb see: stark Date: 15th century to stiffen with or as if with ~, II. noun Date: 15th century a white odorless tasteless granular or powdery complex carbohydrate (C6H10O5)x that is the chief storage form of carbohydrate in plants, is an important foodstuff, and is used also in adhesives and sizes, in laundering, and in pharmacy and medicine, a stiff formal manner ; formality, resolute vigor ...Толковый словарь английского языка
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