Synonyms: starch
Definition: a commercial preparation of starch that is used to stiffen textile fabrics in laundering
Similar words: formulation, preparation
Definition: a substance prepared according to a formula
Usage: the physician prescribed a commercial preparation of the medicine
Definition: a complex carbohydrate found chiefly in seeds, fruits, tubers, roots and stem pith of plants, notably in corn, potatoes, wheat, and rice; an important foodstuff and used otherwise especially in adhesives and as fillers and stiffeners for paper and textiles
Similar words: polyose, polysaccharide
Definition: any of a class of carbohydrates whose molecules contain chains of monosaccharide molecules
Synonyms: starch
Definition: stiffen with starch
Usage: starch clothes