STARCHES

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Foodstuff rich in natural starch (especially potatoes, rice, bread)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting foods and drinks

Hypernyms ("starches" is a kind of...):

food product; foodstuff (a substance that can be used or prepared for use as food)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "starches"):

bread; breadstuff; staff of life (food made from dough of flour or meal and usually raised with yeast or baking powder and then baked)

Irish potato; murphy; potato; spud; tater; white potato (an edible tuber native to South America; a staple food of Ireland)

rice (grains used as food either unpolished or more often polished)

Present simple (third person singular) of the verb starch