starch
noun
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Sense 1 noun
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
Types & categories
- polysaccharide hypernym
- arum hyponym
- cassava hyponym
- arrowroot hyponym
- cornstarch hyponym
- sago hyponym
- amyloid hyponym
- Otaheite arrowroot hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
stiffen with starch
starch clothes
Types & categories
- stiffen hypernym
Related & opposite
- starch derivation
Sense 3 noun
a commercial preparation of starch that is used to stiffen textile fabrics in laundering
Types & categories
- formulation hypernym
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | starch |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | starchy |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | polysaccharide |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | arum |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cassava |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | arrowroot |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cornstarch |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | sago |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | amyloid |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | Otaheite arrowroot |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | starch |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | stiffen |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | formulation |