1 [U,C] a white CARBOHYDRATE food substance found in potatoes, flour, rice, etc.; food containing this:
rice / potato starch * You need to cut down on starch. * There's too much starch in your diet.
2 [U] starch prepared in powder form or as a spray and used for making clothes, sheets, etc. stiff:
Spray starch on the shirt collars before ironing them.
verb [VN] [usuallypassive] to make clothes, sheets, etc. stiff using starch:
a starched white shirt
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Is starch a noun, verb, or something else?
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