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starching


Meanings
  • The process of treating fabric with starch to stiffen it, typically before ironing.

    - "She spent hours starching and ironing her wedding gown."
    - "The uniforms for the marching band are required to be starchingly clean and crisp."

Rhymes
Words rhyming with starching
starching , arching , larching , marching , parching , starred , warring
Variants
List of all variants of starching that leads to same result
starch , starched , starches , starching
Etymology
origin and the way in which meanings have changed throughout history.

The word 'starching' is derived from the process of treating fabric with starch. The term 'starch' comes from the Greek word 'starchon', which means 'leading corn'. Cornstarch, a common form of starch, is made from the endosperm of corn.


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