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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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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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But many traditional diets are being displaced by ultra-processed foods, often high in sugar, starch, salt, unhealthy fats and additives.

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“The Gilded Age” has always plied high-toned melodrama as its chief asset, but Season 3 ripens the starched formality of previous episodes into succulence.

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Waiters float about in starched whites under slow fans and amber lights.

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

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