starch

Examples

• All

• The experimental potato also consistently had the correct balance of starch and water.

  Academic text (2000)

• Now, Eric, our stomachs digest our food a lot better if we eat some vegetables, some starch and some meat.

  The Toy (1982)

• All of them are long chains of starch which breakdown into sugar.

  KenDBerryMD

• All you need to do is wash the rice thoroughly till the starch is gone.

  Everybody Loves Jenifa (2024)

• You and I have this enzyme, and so we can break down starch and use this as a source of energy.

• However, the potato has starches which give you carbohydrates.

• Popcorn kernels pop because water and starch are sealed tightly within the pericarp.

• So the correct order is vegetables first, proteins and fats second, and starches and sugars last.

• So the amylase enzyme in your saliva, what it does is it breaks the starch down into simple sugars.

• Many foods, such as potatoes and rice, are high in starch and provide energy for the body.

Synonyms

A

amylum

vsstarch

• Specialized

9.9

A plant starch found in foods like corn and potatoes

is the common everyday term rather than the formal name

A

amyloid

vsstarch

• Specialized

9.5

A substance like starch found in some plants and foods

is the pure defined carbohydrate itself rather than a similar or mixed substance

Compounds

C

cassava starch

5.9

A fine white powder from the cassava root that people use in cooking

A

animal starch

• Archaic

5.6

A form of sugar stored in animal liver and muscles for energy

O

Otaheite arrowroot starch

• Archaic

9.9

A fine white starch from the root of a plant used to thicken food and ease stomach problems

S

starch wheat

• Specialized

8.8

A hard red wheat that farmers grow mainly to feed animals

Surface Forms

Etymology