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# starchy

«starchy» in Mova's school dictionary: **Starchy food contains a lot of starch, a kind of…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (starchy, starchier, starchiest)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Starchy food contains a lot of starch, a kind of carbohydrate found in potatoes, bread, rice, pasta and corn. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/starchy/#m1)

2) Starchy clothes are stiff because they have been treated with starch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/starchy/#m2)

3) (informal) A starchy person is stiff, formal and unfriendly. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/starchy/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In science and health lessons starchy foods give the body energy and are a main food group on the healthy plate (the Eatwell Guide in the UK). In science, iodine turns blue-black when it touches starch, which is a classic experiment. Phrases: starchy foods, starchy vegetables, a starchy collar.

### examples

- Potatoes, rice and pasta are starchy foods. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/starchy/#x1)
- Starchy foods give us energy for running about. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/starchy/#x2)
- The iodine turned blue-black, so the bread was starchy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/starchy/#x3)
- Sweetcorn is a starchy vegetable. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/starchy/#x4)
- His shirt collar was so starchy it scratched his neck. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/starchy/#x5)
- The starchy old butler never smiled. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/starchy/#x6)
- Try to eat starchy foods with lots of vegetables. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/starchy/#x7)

### note

Comparative starchier, starchiest. Starch is a carbohydrate; when we chew it, saliva begins to turn it into sugar. Wholegrain starchy foods have more fibre than white ones.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «starchy» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/starchy/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.