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starch

noun as in laundering agent

Strong matches

Weak match

noun as in complex carbohydrate

Strongest matches

noun as in stiff bearing

noun as in vigor

noun as in strengthener

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My tasting panel dubbed them a superlative Thanksgiving starch.

For years, the egg has ruled the breakfast table like a sun god—worshipped, aestheticized, endlessly fiddled with by men in starched aprons and women with ring lights.

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Penney, with ties that matched too well, and shirts that were starched just a bit too stiffly.

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But there's also a huge -- if largely unrealised -- potential for their use in bioplastics and biofuels, as well as cosmetics, pharmaceuticals and textiles, thanks to their starch.

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Tangy: Tang adds brightness, bite and lift — the note that cuts through cheese, sauce and fried starch.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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