Starch

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(FIGURATIVE) He has a lot of starch សេចក្ដីជំនះ

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(វេជ្ជសាស្ត្រ) ម្សៅធញ្ញជាតិ

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(a white carbohydrate that is an important element in human food, a powered form of this, stiff formality) rich in starch បិដ្វជាតិ, laundry starch ម្សៅ (ជ្រលក់ខោអាវ)

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(បច្ចេកទេស) សេចក្តីជំនះ

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(TRANSITIVE) (To stiffen as with starch. -starches food rich in natural starch) ជ្រលក់ម្សៅ (ខោអាវ), ដែលអ៊ុតដាក់ម្សៅ
Example: Mother puts starch in father's collars, to starch shirts and other clothes before they are ironed.

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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.

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(FIGURATIVE) A stiff, formal manner; formality.

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Stiff; precise; rigid.

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(TRANSITIVE) To stiffen with starch.