starches

Definitions of starches

1. noun

   foodstuff rich in natural starch (especially potatoes, rice, bread)
   types:

   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

   anadama bread

   a yeast-raised bread made of white flour and cornmeal and molasses

   bap

   a small loaf or roll of soft bread

   barmbrack

   a rich currant cake or bun

   bread-stick, breadstick

   a crisp stick-shaped roll; often served with soup

   Boston brown bread, brown bread

   dark steamed bread made of cornmeal wheat and flour with molasses and soda and milk or water

   bun, roll

   small rounded bread either plain or sweet

   caraway seed bread

   bread containing caraway seeds

   challah, hallah

   (Judaism) a loaf of white bread containing eggs and leavened with yeast; often formed into braided loaves and glazed with eggs before baking

   cinnamon bread

   bread flavored with cinnamon often containing raisins

   cracked-wheat bread

   bread made with cracked wheat that has been ground fine

   cracker

   a thin crisp wafer made of flour and water with or without leavening and shortening; unsweetened or semisweet

   crouton

   a small piece of toasted or fried bread; served in soup or salads

   brown bread, dark bread, whole meal bread, whole wheat bread

   bread made with whole wheat flour

   English muffin

   round, raised muffin cooked on a griddle; usually split and toasted before being eaten

   flatbread

   any of various breads made from usually unleavened dough

   garlic bread

   French or Italian bread sliced and spread with garlic butter then crisped in the oven

   gluten bread

   bread made with gluten flour

   Host

   a technical name for the bread used in the service of Mass or Holy Communion

   loaf, loaf of bread

   a shaped mass of baked bread that is usually sliced before eating

   matzah, matzo, matzoh, unleavened bread

   brittle flat bread eaten at Passover

   naan, nan

   leavened bread baked in a clay oven in India; usually shaped like a teardrop

   onion bread

   bread containing finely minced onions

   raisin bread

   bread containing raisins

   quick bread

   breads made with a leavening agent that permits immediate baking

   rye bread

   any of various breads made entirely or partly with rye flour

   salt-rising bread

   white wheat bread raised by a salt-tolerant bacterium in a mixture of salt and either cornmeal or potato pulp

   simnel

   a crisp bread of fine white flour

   sour bread, sourdough bread

   made with a starter of a small amount of dough in which fermentation is active

   toast

   slices of bread that have been toasted

   wafer

   thin disk of unleavened bread used in a religious service (especially in the celebration of the Eucharist)

   light bread, white bread

   bread made with finely ground and usually bleached wheat flour

   baked potato

   potato that has been cooked by baking it in an oven

   chips, french fries, french-fried potatoes, fries

   strips of potato fried in deep fat

   home fries, home-fried potatoes

   sliced pieces of potato fried in a pan until brown and crisp

   mashed potato

   potato that has been peeled and boiled and then mashed

   Uruguay potato

   similar to the common potato

   brown rice

   unpolished rice retaining the yellowish-brown outer layer

   polished rice, white rice

   having husk or outer brown layers removed

   paddy

   rice in the husk either gathered or still in the field

   type of:

   food product, foodstuff

   a substance that can be used or prepared for use as food