2.[uncountableU]DFC a substance that is mixed with water and is used to make clothstiff 〔用于浆布料的〕浆粉
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starch• Starches such as potatoes are a necessary part of most good diets.• Bakedstuffed potatoes are an indulgentstarch.• They are preferable to many sauces traditionally thickened with roux or other starches.• At this stage the fruit is hard and one quarterstarch.• Easy-cook rice is par-boiled to remove the surfacestarch that causes the problems when cooking other long grain rices.• What I wan na do is load this kid up with all the starch he can take.• The starch in her collar had gone limp with the soaking.