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buckram

/ buckram /
noun/verb

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
a coarse cotton fabric stiffened with glue; used in bookbinding and to stiffen clothing
Type of:
fabric cloth material
verb Sense 2
stiffen with or as with buckram
"buckram the skirt"
Type of:
stiffen
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
adjective satellite Sense 3
rigidly formal
"a starchy manner"
"the letter was stiff and formal"
"his prose has a buckram quality"
Similar:
formal
Semantic Complexity
59%
Sense Count
3
Total Synonyms
1
Total Relationships
5
Times Searched
2
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fabric cloth material stiffen formal