mayonnaise vs starch

mayonnaise

noun
  • A dressing made from vegetable oil, raw egg yolks, vinegar or lemon juice, and seasoning, used on salads, with french fries, in sandwiches etc. 

  • Any cold dish with that dressing as an ingredient. 

  • Any cream, for example for moisturizing the face or conditioning the hair, for which the base is egg yolks and oil. 

verb
  • To cover or season with mayonnaise. 

starch

noun
  • Any of various starch-like substances used as a laundry stiffener 

  • Fortitude. 

  • Carbohydrates, as with grain and potato based foods. 

  • A stiff, formal manner; formality. 

  • A widely diffused vegetable substance, found especially in seeds, bulbs and tubers, as extracted (e.g. from potatoes, corn, rice, etc.) in the form of 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. 

adj
  • Stiff; precise; rigid. 

verb
  • To apply or treat with laundry starch, to create a hard, smooth surface. 

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