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BUCKRAM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A coarse cotton fabric stiffened with glue; used in bookbinding and to stiffen clothing
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("buckram" is a kind of...):
cloth; fabric; material; textile (artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers)
Derivation:
buckram (stiffen with or as with buckram)
II. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Rigidly formal
Example:
his prose has a buckram quality
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Similar:
formal (being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress))
III. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Stiffen with or as with buckram
Example:
buckram the skirt
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "buckram" is one way to...):
stiffen (make stiff or stiffer)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
buckram (a coarse cotton fabric stiffened with glue; used in bookbinding and to stiffen clothing)
