adj. Pertaining to the quality of fabric starch as applied to fabric; stiff, hard; starched.
adj. Pertaining to a similarly starched personality; not cruel, but filled with rectitudinity.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adj. Of or pertaining to starch.
adj. Containing or consisting of starch; -- used especially of foods.
adj. Resembling starch; stiff.
adj. Stiffened by use of starch; starched{1}; -- of clothing.
adj. Formal in manner; precise.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
Stiff; precise; formal in manner.
Consisting of starch; resembling starch.
Of a powdery texture due to the predominance of starch: said chiefly of the more amylaceous (soft)_wheats: opposed to horny.
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adj. consisting of or containing starch
adj. rigidly formal
Word Usage
"Luckily the book reminded me of the thickening properties in starchy baking potatoes, and since I already had my food processor out and shredding carrots, I tossed in a leftover raw potato from our bin and added it to the mixture."