Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Containing starch.
- adjective Stiffened with starch.
- adjective Of or resembling starch.
- adjective Stiff; formal.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Stiff; precise; formal in manner.
- Consisting of starch; resembling starch.
- Of a powdery texture due to the predominance of starch: said chiefly of the more amylaceous (soft)_wheats: opposed to
horny .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Of or pertaining to starch.
- adjective Containing or consisting of starch; -- used especially of foods.
- adjective Resembling starch; stiff.
- adjective Stiffened by use of starch; starched{1}; -- of clothing.
- adjective Formal in manner; precise.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Of or pertaining to
starch . - adjective Containing starch.
- adjective Pertaining to the quality of fabric
starch as applied to fabric; stiff, hard;starched . - adjective Pertaining to a similarly
starched personality; notcruel , but filled withrectitudinity .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective consisting of or containing starch
- adjective rigidly formal
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Examples
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Luckily the book reminded me of the thickening properties in starchy baking potatoes, and since I already had my food processor out and shredding carrots, I tossed in a leftover raw potato from our bin and added it to the mixture.
Archive 2008-09-01 Sarah 2008
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On the other hand, obesity expert Dr. David Ludwig — interviewed by Taubes for the Times article – found that mice developed a condition called "fatty liver" when fed a diet high in starchy carbs.
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A few nuts, such as the acorn, cocoanut and chestnut, are very rich in starch, and these should be classified as starchy foods.
Maintaining Health Formerly Health and Efficiency R. L. Alsaker
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They swept him forward in a triumphant wave, to seat him at a sticky table and then heap it high with baked fish and some kind of starchy cakes made from a pounded root.
Ship Of Magic Hobb, Robin 1998
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Persons troubled with kidney difficulty should abstain from sugar and the things that are converted into sugar in digestion, such as starchy food and sweet vegetables.
The Whitehouse Cookbook (1887) The Whole Comprising a Comprehensive Cyclopedia of Information for the Home Mrs. F.L. Gillette
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(applause) How will we manage to find the manpower needed today to solve a series of urgent problems, to solve our supply problems, to eliminate rationing of a number of items as quickly as possible, -- items such as starchy vegetables, for example (applause) -- to have enough milk, not just for children up to the age of seven, but after the age of seven, and even for all citizens up to 70?
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Basically, the evidence points to it being carbohydrates — sugar, flour and starchy vegetables — that cause the insulin secretion that put on fat.
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First, I should have used more asparagus and less potatoes, because the meal got pretty starchy.
Archive 2009-04-01 Laura 2009
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First, I should have used more asparagus and less potatoes, because the meal got pretty starchy.
Pomegranate Chickpea Curry Laura 2009
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The “demonization of whole grains and starchy vegetables” (whatever ‘starchy vegetables’ means) is not the focus of my posts.
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