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STARCHES
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Foodstuff rich in natural starch (especially potatoes, rice, bread)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Hypernyms ("starches" is a kind of...):
food product; foodstuff (a substance that can be used or prepared for use as food)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "starches"):
bread; breadstuff; staff of life (food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked)
Irish potato; murphy; potato; spud; tater; white potato (an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland)
rice (grains used as food either unpolished or more often polished)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Present simple (third person singular) of the verb starch
