English to Hindi Dictionary

Hindi meaning of starch

starch

/adjective/ स्टार्च; श्वेतसार; मंड; माँडी; नियत; यथार्थ;
/noun/अनाज का सत्व; माड़ी; हठ;
/verb/कलंफ़ लगाना;

Synonym amylum; carbohydrates; barm; appointed; real; farina; persistence;

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English Dictionary:

1. Starch

[a.]

- Stiff; precise; rigid.

2. Starch

[n.]

- 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.
- Fig.: A stiff, formal manner; formality.

3. Starch

[v. t.]

- To stiffen with starch.