guar
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- noun
- /ɡwɑr/
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guar
- I believe the recipe uses flax meal as the glue, so you can try substituting guar gum as your first experiment.
- guar gum
Examples
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Others, like sodium chloride (table salt) and guar gum (a common food thickener derived from beans), are generally benign.
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Guards, guards, guards, guar...!
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Well, then, we should inform the prison guar...
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The polysaccharide in guar gum is apparently one of the kinds that forms a firm gel with water.
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Guar gum is apparently a polysaccharide derived from a tropical bean.
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For in stance, what's it like guar ding that crazy old bitch, Tess Carlisle?
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The pressurizing water and added chemicals (like guar gel, anti-corrosives, rheology enhancers) also come back out and must be treated.
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The list of products assigned in the state online store is made up of Guar nicotine gum, Kola fruit plant, Penilla frutescens, China water plantain, Cassia seed, and there are more.
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In food production, guar gum acts as an effective thickening agent for sauces and dressings.
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Many manufacturers include guar in their products due to its ability to stabilize emulsions and maintain texture.
Synonyms
A beanlike plant grown in dry areas for seeds used to make guar gum
A plant that grows in dry soil and gives animal feed and seeds that make guar gum
A plant grown in dry places for edible pods and seeds used to make guar gum
Compounds
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A powder from guar seeds used to thicken foods and help make paper and cloth
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word guar comes from the Hindi and Gujarati name gavar for a plant from India and Pakistan whose seeds make a sticky 'gum'. That's why guar today means both the plant and the seed 'gum' used as a 'thickener' in food and other products.