Definitions for dextrins

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dextrins dex·trin

Spelling: [dek-strin]

IPA: /ˈdɛk strɪn/

Dextrins is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 305 anagrams from letters in dextrins (deinrstx).

Definitions for dextrins

noun

1. a soluble, gummy substance, formed from starch by the action of heat, acids, or ferments, occurring in various forms and having dextrorotatory properties: used chiefly as a thickening agent in printing inks and food, as a mucilage, and as a substitute for gum arabic and other natural substances.

Origin of dextrins

From the French word dextrine, dating back to 1825-35. See dextr-, -in²

Examples for dextrins

dextrin has no particular dietetic qualities that do not exist in starch.

I have already spoken of the formation of dextrin from starch.

dextrin, by the way, is the only paste which will not stain silk.

Gum arabic and dextrin should not be used, for objects thus cemented readily fall to pieces unless kept in perfectly dry rooms.

Starch is made from it both for the laundry and for the manufacture of farina, dextrin, etc.

Most gums are prepared from potato starch, dextrin or gum arabic.

The per-centage in English beers of malt extract (dextrin and sugar glucose) is least in bitter, and highest in the sweet ales.

The starch has disappeared, and dextrin, a new substance, appears in its place.

It forms no paste like that of starch or dextrin, and gives no color with iodine.

By this means the starch is partially converted into dextrose, a sugar, and dextrin, a gum.