FinnHun Finnish-Hungarian-English on-line dictionary and thesaurus

n (uncountable) A widely diffused vegetable substance found especially in seeds, bulbs, and tubers, and extracted (as from potatoes, corn, rice, etc.) as 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.

n (nutrition|countable) carbohydrate | Carbohydrates, as with grain and potato based foods.

n (uncountable|figuratively) A stiff, formal manner; formality.

n (countable) Any of various starch-like substances used as a laundry stiffener

v To apply or treat with laundry starch, to create a hard, smooth surface.

a stiff | Stiff; precise; rigid.