Starchy Definition & Meaning
starchy
- adjective
- consisting of or containing starch; "starchy foods"
- rigidly formal; "a starchy manner"; "the letter was stiff and formal"; "his prose has a buckram quality"
Words that rhyme with starchy
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- What does starchy mean?
- consisting of or containing starch; "starchy foods" rigidly formal; "a starchy manner"; "the letter was stiff and formal"; "his prose has a buckram quality"
- What part of speech is starchy?
- Starchy is an adjective.
- How many definitions does starchy have?
- Starchy has 2 definitions across 1 part of speech (adjective).