starched

[US]/stɑːtʃt/
[UK]/stɑrtʃt/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. stiffened, rigid, formal

Phrases & Collocations

starched clothes

starched collar

Example Sentences

Her recent graduation from a skinny piccaninny with brief skirts and stiffly wrapped braids into the dignity of a long calico dress and starched white turban was an intoxicating affair.

"Have I then sold myself," thought the minister, "to the fiend whom, if men say true, this yellow-starched and velveted old hag has chosen for her prince and master?"

a starched white shirt

Real-world Examples

Because the aromatic flowers contain enzymes that can chew up starch.

Source: Scientific 60 Seconds - Scientific American May 2019 Collection

You're converting all the starches into fermentable sugar.

Source: Gourmet Base

That stuff is the starch of the kernel.

Source: National Geographic (Children's Section)

It'll take the starch out of those straight lines.

Source: Flowers for Algernon

It's really about releasing the starch.

Source: Connection Magazine

Maize was the dominant starch, present in 69 percent of the ancient samples.

Source: Science in 60 Seconds Listening March 2013 Collection

Sheldon, doesn't Amy look hot? That's got to put some starch in the upper flermin.

Source: The Big Bang Theory Season 8

Corn starch is an important article of commerce.

Source: American Original Language Arts Third Volume

But if you overmash, you can break up the starch and end up with potato glue.

Source: BBC documentary "Mom's Home Cooking"

It looks like a... A steamed starch.

Source: Gourmet Base

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