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Word:

starch : almirol (n.); almirolan (v.); amirol (n.); pag-amirol (v.); natok (n.); tayubong (n.)

Glosses: (~ related words)

starch
n. (substance)	1. amylum, starch	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.
	~ arum	starch resembling sago that is obtained from cuckoopint root.
	~ cassava, cassava starch, manioc, manioca	a starch made by leaching and drying the root of the cassava plant; the source of tapioca; a staple food in the tropics.
	~ polyose, polysaccharide	any of a class of carbohydrates whose molecules contain chains of monosaccharide molecules.
	~ arrowroot	a nutritive starch obtained from the root of the arrowroot plant.
	~ cornflour, cornstarch	starch prepared from the grains of corn; used in cooking as a thickener.
	~ sago	powdery starch from certain sago palms; used in Asia as a food thickener and textile stiffener.
	~ amyloid	a non-nitrogenous food substance consisting chiefly of starch; any substance resembling starch.
	~ otaheite arrowroot, otaheite arrowroot starch	a starch obtained from the root of the pia.
n. (substance)	2. starch	a commercial preparation of starch that is used to stiffen textile fabrics in laundering.
	~ formulation, preparation	a substance prepared according to a formula.; "the physician prescribed a commercial preparation of the medicine"
v. (change)	3. starch	stiffen with starch.; "starch clothes"
	~ stiffen	make stiff or stiffer.; "Stiffen the cream by adding gelatine"