buckram – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
buckram
n.
thick heavy cotton fabric (used in bookbinding)
Buckram
Buckram is a stiff
cloth, made of
cotton, and still occasionally
linen, which is used to cover and protect
books. Buckram can also be used to stiffen
clothes. Modern buckrams have been stiffened by soaking in a substance, usually now
pyroxylin, to fill the gaps between the fibres.
buckram
Noun
1. a coarse cotton fabric stiffened with glue; used in bookbinding and to stiffen clothing
(hypernym) fabric, cloth, material, textile
Verb
1. stiffen with or as with buckram; "buckram the skirt"
(hypernym) stiffen
Adjective
1. rigidly formal; "a starchy manner"; "the letter was stiff and formal"; "his prose has a buckram quality"
(synonym) starchy, stiff
(similar) formal
Buckram (der)
nm.
buckram, thick heavy fabric
buckram (de)
n.
buckram, thick heavy cotton fabric (used in bookbinding)
