Starch

Tamil Dictionary definitions for Starch

Starch : மாச்சத்து

Starch : மாச்சத்து

Starch definition

Adjective. Stiff; precise; rigid.

Noun.

  1. A widely diffused vegetable substance found especially in seeds, bulbs, and tubers, and extracted (as from potatoes, corn, rice, etc.) as 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.
  2. Fig.: A stiff, formal manner; formality.

Transitive verb. To stiffen with starch.