1
[ adjective ] consisting of or containing starch

Examples

"starchy foods"

Related terms

starchless starchlike

2
[ adjective ] rigidly formal

Synonyms

stiff buckram

Examples

"a starchy manner" "the letter was stiff and formal" "his prose has a buckram quality"

Related terms

formal

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Phonetic and Homophones

S T AA1 R CH IY0

Similar Spelling

starch Storch Strauch Streich strachey Starcher strictly Streicher Strack Streck Starck Strick Strock strict Struck Struckhoff starchlike starchless Stryker Starkey stearic Starzyk Straker starkly Strachan Strycker Strough streaky Strecker stricken Stricker strickle starship stirk stark Strawser Stracener straggly Strasser Strauser Stricklen Strickler Stricklin stricture Strix structure stork staircase

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