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starching
verb as in stiffen
verb as in temper
verb as in wash
verb as in indurate
Strong matches
- acclimate
- acclimatize
- amalgamate
- anneal
- bake
- brace
- buttress
- cake
- calcify
- callous
- cement
- close
- clot
- coagulate
- compact
- concrete
- congeal
- consolidate
- contract
- crystallize
- curdle
- dry
- firm
- fix
- fortify
- fossilize
- freeze
- gird
- jell
- nerve
- ossify
- petrify
- precipitate
- press
- reinforce
- season
- set
- settle
- solidify
- starch
- steel
- stiffen
- strengthen
- temper
- thicken
- toughen
- vitrify
Weak matches
verb as in lave
verb as in harden
Strong matches
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Example Sentences
Proper drains under washing and starching machines, so that there are no wet floors.
The actual process of hand starching may be learned in less than one hour.
Two wash-forms are needed; one for the two tubs in which to put the suds, and the other for blueing and starching-tubs.
Therefore the finishing process includes brushing, very light starching or sizing, then calendering or pressing.
Washing, ironing, clear-starching, making up gents' fine shirts for evening wear—everything's done under my own eye!'
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On this page you'll find 306 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to starching, such as: reinforce, solidify, stabilize, strengthen, anneal, and benumb.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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