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starch·y

(stär′chē)

adj. starch·i·er, starch·i·est

a. Containing starch.

b. Stiffened with starch.

2. Of or resembling starch.

3. Stiff; formal: "this starchy, old-fashioned hotel room" (Anne Tyler).

starch′i·ly adv.

starch′i·ness n.

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starchy

(ˈstɑːtʃɪ)

adj, starchier or starchiest

1. of, relating to, or containing starch: starchy foods.

2. extremely formal, stiff, or conventional: a starchy manner.

3. (Clothing & Fashion) stiffened with starch

ˈstarchily adv

ˈstarchiness n

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starch•y

(ˈstɑr tʃi)

adj. starch•i•er, starch•i•est.

1. of, pertaining to, or of the nature of starch.

2. containing starch.

3. stiffened with starch.

4. stiff and formal, as in manner.

[1795–1805]

starch′i•ly, adv.

starch′i•ness, n.

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Adj.	1.	starchy - consisting of or containing starch; "starchy foods" starchless - lacking starch
	2.	starchy - rigidly formal; "a starchy manner"; "the letter was stiff and formal"; "his prose has a buckram quality" buckram, stiff formal - being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress); "pay one's formal respects"; "formal dress"; "a formal ball"; "the requirement was only formal and often ignored"; "a formal education"

starchy

adjective formal, stiff, stuffy, conventional, precise, prim, punctilious, ceremonious The poses were starchy, the smiles a shade false.

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starchy

adjective

So rigidly constrained, formal, or awkward as to lack all grace and spontaneity:

buckram, stiff, stilted, wooden.

Translations

نَشَوي

škrobovitý

stivelsesholdig

stärkehaltig

jäykkätärkättytärkkelystärkkelyspitoinen

féculent

keményítõ tartalmú

mjölvakenndur

amidaceo formalistico

stivelsesholdig

škrobnatý

nişastalı

含淀粉的

starchy

[ˈstɑːtʃɪ] ADJ (starchier (compar) (starchiest (superl)))

1. [food] → con fécula

2. (fig) [person] → rígido, estirado

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starchy

[ˈstɑː^rtʃi] adj

[food] → riche en féculents

[person] → guindé(e)

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

starchy

adj (+er) → stärkehaltig; (fig) → steif

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starchy

[ˈstɑːtʃɪ] adj (-ier (comp) (-iest (superl))) (food) → ricco/a di amido

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starch

(staːtʃ) noun

1. a white food substance found especially in flour, potatoes etc. Bread contains starch.

2. a powder prepared from this, used for stiffening clothes.

verb

to stiffen (clothes) with starch.

ˈstarchy adjective

like or containing starch. cake, biscuits and other starchy foods.

ˈstarchiness noun

starchy

a. feculento-a; almidonado-a;

___ foods → alimentos ___ -s, almidones que contienen carbohidratos.

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