Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

non-starchy

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.57 in modern English

Syllables: non-starchy
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not containing starch or carbohydrates.

Example Sentences

"This resistant starch fraction is resistant to amylase digestion in the human digestive tract and exhibits digestive behaviour similar to that of the non-starchy polysaccharide fraction (NSP) or indigestible oligosaccharides"

Etymology

From non- + starchy.

Inflected Forms

nonstarchy (alternative)

Questions

What does non-starchy mean?: Not containing starch or carbohydrates.
Where does non-starchy come from?: From non- + starchy.

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