[{"word":"starches","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"A widely diffused vegetable substance found especially in seeds, bulbs, and tubers, and extracted (as from potatoes, corn, rice, etc.) as 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.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"(nutrition) Carbohydrates, as with grain and potato based foods.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A stiff, formal manner; formality.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"Any of various starch-like substances used as a laundry stiffener","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To apply or treat with laundry starch, to create a hard, smooth surface.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"She starched her blouses."}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/starch","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/starches"]}]