1noun
enstarch
Definiciones
- 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.
Traducciones
- frfécule
- itfecola
- deStärke