Synonyms: buckram
Definition: a coarse cotton fabric stiffened with glue; used in bookbinding and to stiffen clothing
Similar words: fabric, material, cloth, textile
Definition: artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers
Usage: the fabric in the curtains was light and semitransparent; woven cloth originated in Mesopotamia around 5000 BC; she measured off enough material for a dress
Synonyms: buckram
Definition: stiffen with or as with buckram
Usage: buckram the skirt
Synonyms: buckram, starchy, stiff
Definition: rigidly formal
Usage: a starchy manner; the letter was stiff and formal; his prose has a buckram quality
Similar words: formal
Definition: being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress)
Usage: pay one's formal respects; formal dress; a formal ball; the requirement was only formal and often ignored; a formal education