BUCKRAM

 Dictionary entry overview: What does buckram mean? 

• BUCKRAM (noun)
  The noun BUCKRAM has 1 sense:

1. a coarse cotton fabric stiffened with glue; used in bookbinding and to stiffen clothing

  Familiarity information: BUCKRAM used as a noun is very rare.

• BUCKRAM (adjective)
  The adjective BUCKRAM has 1 sense:

1. rigidly formal

  Familiarity information: BUCKRAM used as an adjective is very rare.

• BUCKRAM (verb)
  The verb BUCKRAM has 1 sense:

1. stiffen with or as with buckram

  Familiarity information: BUCKRAM used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BUCKRAM (noun)

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)

• BUCKRAM (adjective)

Meaning:

Rigidly formal

Synonyms:

buckram; starchy; stiff

Context examples:

a starchy manner / the letter was stiff and formal / his prose has a buckram quality

Similar:

formal (being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress))

• BUCKRAM (verb)

Meaning:

Stiffen with or as with buckram

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

buckram the skirt

Hypernyms (to "buckram" is one way to...):

stiffen (make stiff or stiffer)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something