buckram
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a coarse cotton fabric stiffened with glue; used in bookbinding and to stiffen clothing
Types & categories
- fabric hypernym
Related & opposite
- buckram derivation
Sense 2 verb
stiffen with or as with buckram
buckram the skirt
Types & categories
- stiffen hypernym
Related & opposite
- buckram derivation
Sense 3 adjective
rigidly formal
a starchy manner
Related & opposite
- gracelessness derivation
- formal similar to
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | buckram |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | fabric |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | buckram |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | stiffen |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | gracelessness |
| 3 | similar to | Related & opposite | formal |