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Starch is an English word with synonyms like polysaccharide or stiffen. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Starch in a sentence

Related words

Starch | Starchy | Starches | Starched | Starchain | Starchase | Starchier

Starch meaning

  1. A widely diffused vegetable substance, found in seeds, bulbs and tubers, as extracted (e.g. from potatoes, corn, rice, etc.) in the form of 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.
  2. Carbohydrates, as with grain and potato based foods.
  3. A stiff, formal manner; formality.

Synonyms of Starch

amylum polysaccharide polyose stiffen

Related words

Other words often associated with Starch or its synonyms:

sugar carbohydrate restrict tighten confine loosen constrain modify bound change restrain throttle

Using Starch

  • The main meaning on this page is: A widely diffused vegetable substance, found in seeds, bulbs and tubers, as extracted (e.g. from potatoes, corn, rice, etc.) in the form of 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. | Carbohydrates, as with grain and potato based foods. | A stiff, formal manner; formality.
  • Useful related words include: amylum, polysaccharide, polyose, stiffen.
  • In the example corpus, starch often appears in combinations such as: the starch, starch and, of starch.

Context around Starch

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 26.3 words
  • Position in the sentence: 11 start, 7 middle, 2 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

resistant 2× potato 2× sago 1× high 1× low 1× cuts 1× corn 1× hulett 1× cooked 1× raw 1×

Often after:

derived 3× filter 1× diet 1× diets 1× main 1× making 1× instead 1× glucose 1× excess 1× cannot 1×

Sentence patterns with Starch

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

a high starch diet tend 1× a preferred starch enzyme ratio 1× a sago starch filter sago 1× amylase cuts starch into maltose 1× and because starch cannot be 1× and the starch is of 1× as the starch to round 1× before use starch iodine complex 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a loss of 1× a recently published 1× a sago starch 1× as such maangchi 1× cooked starch especially 1× depending on when 1×

Common sentence endings:

a thickening agent 1× and early spring 1× and other garments 1× as wheat grains 1× derived from corn 1× drinks and foods 1×

Words around Starch

Just before it in the word index:

starcevich 6 starcatcher 3 starcast 2 starc 129 starbursts 3 starburst 26

Just after it in the word index:

starchain 2 starchase 2 starched 10 starches 25 starchier 2 starchy 44

Similar in corpus frequency:

aristocracy 249 aroma 249 attendants 249 banter 249 bloodshed 249 blowout 249

Corpus analysis for Starch

  • In this selection, "starch" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 26.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, resistant, potato, sago, derived, filter and diet stand out and add context to how "starch" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a high starch diet tend and a preferred starch enzyme ratio. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "starch" sits close to words such as aristocracy, aroma and attendants, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with starch

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Potato starch (flour) is very white starch powder used as a thickening agent. (13 words)

As such, Maangchi likes to use tteok as the starch to round out her meals. (15 words)

Resistant starch main Resistant starch is starch that escapes digestion in the small intestine of healthy individuals. (17 words)

Longer example sentences

A sago starch filter Sago is extracted from Metroxylon palms by splitting the stem lengthwise and removing the pith which is then crushed and kneaded to release the starch before being washed and strained to extract the starch from the fibrous residue. (42 words)

It is our patriotic duty to get healthier, and I intend to start any minute now, as soon as I finish this mediocre chocolate pudding that I made using “legal” potato starch instead of corn starch or flour during Passover. (40 words)

It is valued as a good roughage source for ruminants such as cattle. citation Laundry starch Manioc is also used in a number of commercially available laundry products, especially as starch for shirts and other garments. (36 words)

Example sentences (20)

A sago starch filter Sago is extracted from Metroxylon palms by splitting the stem lengthwise and removing the pith which is then crushed and kneaded to release the starch before being washed and strained to extract the starch from the fibrous residue.

Individuals from populations with a high-starch diet tend to have more amylase genes than those with low-starch diets; citation Beta-amylase cuts starch into maltose units.

Resistant starch main Resistant starch is starch that escapes digestion in the small intestine of healthy individuals.

Mr. Craggy informs the republican that it has been one of the best years in his experience for the starch making, and the starch is of an extra fine quality.

It is our patriotic duty to get healthier, and I intend to start any minute now, as soon as I finish this mediocre chocolate pudding that I made using “legal” potato starch instead of corn starch or flour during Passover.

Tongaat Hulett Starch is‘s largest producer of starch, glucose and related products, according to Tongaat’s website.

A loss of these enzymes, for example a loss of the GWD, leads to a starch excess (sex) phenotype, citation and because starch cannot be phosphorylated, it accumulates in the plastids.

A recently published study suggested that starch derived from proso millet can be converted to ethanol with an only moderately lower efficiency than starch derived from corn.

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Cooked starch (especially when cooked in the presence of moisture) is far more available digestively than raw starch (perhaps 60% vs nearly 100%).

Depending on when the malting process is stopped one gets a preferred starch enzyme ratio and partly converted starch into fermentable sugars.

Dirt and sweat from a person's neck and wrists would stick to the starch rather than to the fibers of the clothing, and would easily wash away along with the starch.

For example, starch derived from millets has been shown to be a good substrate for fermentation and malting with grains having similar starch contents as wheat grains.

In cold climates, these trees store starch in their trunks and roots before the winter; the starch is then converted to sugar that rises in the sap in late winter and early spring.

It is made by adding 3 grams of soluble starch to 1 liter of heated water; the solution is cooled before use (starch-iodine complex becomes unstable at temperatures above 35 °C).

It is valued as a good roughage source for ruminants such as cattle. citation Laundry starch Manioc is also used in a number of commercially available laundry products, especially as starch for shirts and other garments.

Potato starch (flour) is very white starch powder used as a thickening agent.

Properties Structure Starch, 800x magnified, under polarized light, showing characteristic extinction cross Rice starch seen on light microscope.

Starches used have been chemically, or enzymatically depolymerized at the paper mill or by the starch industry (oxidized starch).

These starch sugars are by far the most common starch based food ingredient and are used as sweetener in many drinks and foods.

As such, Maangchi likes to use tteok as the starch to round out her meals.

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Common combinations with starch

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "starch" in a sentence?
An example: "A sago starch filter Sago is extracted from Metroxylon palms by splitting the stem lengthwise and removing the pith which is then crushed and kneaded to release the starch before being washed and strained to extract the starch from the fibrous residue." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "starch" from authentic English texts.
What does "starch" mean?
Starch means: A widely diffused vegetable substance, found in seeds, bulbs and tubers, as extracted (e.g. from potatoes, corn, rice, etc.) in the form of 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.
What are synonyms of "starch"?
Common synonyms of "starch" include: amylum, polysaccharide, polyose, stiffen.
How many example sentences with "starch" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "starch", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.