Definitions For Starch

noun

  • Foodstuff rich in natural starch (especially potatoes, rice, bread)
  • A commercial preparation of starch that is used to stiffen textile fabrics in laundering
  • 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
  • A substance that is found in certain foods (such as bread, rice, and potatoes)
  • A powder or liquid that contains starch and is used to make clothing stiff

verb

  • Stiffen with starch
  • To make (clothing) stiff by using starch

Is Starches a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
13
Words with Friends
13

The word Starch is worth 13 points in Scrabble and 13 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Starch in a Sentence

  • He starches the collars of his shirts.
  • A middle-aged woman who has retained the starch of youth

Synonyms for Starch

Antonyms for Starches

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