starch

Example Sentences

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Before you drain, save the pasta water — that cloudy starch is what turns chopped olives and warm oil into a sauce that clings instead of puddles.

From Salon

When it had a neatly starched, lace-edged cloth over it, I knew it was cooked food they were sharing with us.

From Literature

The tools were tested for tiny starch granules left behind when plants were processed for food.

From Science Daily

I could swear I saw a blush spreading like wildfire from out of his starched collar, up his neck, and engulfing his cheeks.

From Literature

After measuring a sample, staff and volunteers from Ulster Wildlife put the oysters in biodegradable potato starch bags for laying on the seabed.

From BBC