What is "buckram" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "buckram": a coarse cotton fabric stiffened with glue; used in bookbinding and to stiffen clothing

Noun

Meaning of "buckram": stiffen with or as with buckram

Verb

Meaning of "buckram": rigidly formal

Adjective

Synonyms:

solid, stark, tight, tense, rigid, thick, wooden, firm, refractory, set, brittle, fixed, frozen, graceless, hardened, inelastic, mechanical, ossified, petrified, resistant, starchy, stony, taut, unbending, ungraceful, unyielding, benumbed, incompliant, indurate, creaky, arthritic, rheumatic, annealed, cemented, chilled, congealed, contracted, immalleable, impliable, jelled, numbed, solidified, starched, steely, stiff as a board, thickened, unflexible, unsupple,

Antonyms:

bending, pliable, supple, indefinite, graceful, informal, soft, loose, slack, flexible, pliant, casual, easy, calm, moderate, normal,