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(uncountable) A widely diffused vegetable substance, found especially in seeds, bulbs and tubers, as extracted (e.g. from potatoes, corn, rice, etc.) in the form of a white, glistening, granular or powdery substance, without taste or smell, and giving a very peculiar creaking sound when rubbed between the fingers. It is used as a food, in the production of commercial grape sugar, for stiffening linen in laundries, in making paste, etc.
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(nutrition, countable) Carbohydrates, as with grain and potato based foods.
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(uncountable) A stiff, formal manner; formality.
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(uncountable) Fortitude.
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(countable) Any of various starch-like substances used as a laundry stiffener.