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buck·ram B0528100 (bŭk′rəm)n.1. A coarse cotton or linen fabric heavily sized with glue, used for stiffening garments and in bookbinding.2. Archaic Rigid formality.adj. Resembling or suggesting buckram, as in stiffness or formality: "a wondrous buckram style" (Thomas Carlyle).tr.v. buck·ramed, buck·ram·ing, buck·rams To stiffen with or as if with buckram. [Middle English bukeram, fine linen, from Old French boquerant and from Old Italian bucherame, both after Bukhara (Bukhoro), from which fine linen was once imported.]buckram (ˈbʌkrəm) n1. (Textiles) a. cotton or linen cloth stiffened with size, etc, used in lining or stiffening clothes, bookbinding, etcb. (as modifier): a buckram cover. 2. archaic stiffness of mannervb, -rams, -raming or -ramed (Textiles) (tr) to stiffen with buckram[C14: from Old French boquerant, from Old Provençal bocaran, ultimately from Bukhara, once an important source of textiles]buck•ram (ˈbʌk rəm) n. 1. a stiffly sized fabric of cotton, linen, hemp, hair, or the like, used for interlinings, book bindings, etc. 2. stiffness of manner; extreme preciseness or formality. v.t. 3. to strengthen with buckram. 4. Archaic. to give a false appearance of importance, value, or strength to. [1175–1225; Middle English bukeram < Middle High German buckeram, said to be after Bukhara, once noted for textiles] buckram Past participle: buckramed Gerund: buckraming
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I buckram | you buckram | he/she/it buckrams | we buckram | you buckram | they buckram |
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I buckramed | you buckramed | he/she/it buckramed | we buckramed | you buckramed | they buckramed |
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I am buckraming | you are buckraming | he/she/it is buckraming | we are buckraming | you are buckraming | they are buckraming |
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I have buckramed | you have buckramed | he/she/it has buckramed | we have buckramed | you have buckramed | they have buckramed |
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I was buckraming | you were buckraming | he/she/it was buckraming | we were buckraming | you were buckraming | they were buckraming |
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I had buckramed | you had buckramed | he/she/it had buckramed | we had buckramed | you had buckramed | they had buckramed |
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I will buckram | you will buckram | he/she/it will buckram | we will buckram | you will buckram | they will buckram |
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I will have buckramed | you will have buckramed | he/she/it will have buckramed | we will have buckramed | you will have buckramed | they will have buckramed |
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I will be buckraming | you will be buckraming | he/she/it will be buckraming | we will be buckraming | you will be buckraming | they will be buckraming |
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I have been buckraming | you have been buckraming | he/she/it has been buckraming | we have been buckraming | you have been buckraming | they have been buckraming |
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I will have been buckraming | you will have been buckraming | he/she/it will have been buckraming | we will have been buckraming | you will have been buckraming | they will have been buckraming |
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I had been buckraming | you had been buckraming | he/she/it had been buckraming | we had been buckraming | you had been buckraming | they had been buckraming |
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I would buckram | you would buckram | he/she/it would buckram | we would buckram | you would buckram | they would buckram |
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I would have buckramed | you would have buckramed | he/she/it would have buckramed | we would have buckramed | you would have buckramed | they would have buckramed | ThesaurusNoun | 1. | buckram - a coarse cotton fabric stiffened with glue; used in bookbinding and to stiffen clothingcloth, fabric, textile, material - artifact made by weaving or felting or knitting or crocheting natural or synthetic fibers; "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" | Verb | 1. | buckram - stiffen with or as with buckram; "buckram the skirt"stiffen - make stiff or stiffer; "Stiffen the cream by adding gelatine" | Adj. | 1. | buckram - rigidly formal; "a starchy manner"; "the letter was stiff and formal"; "his prose has a buckram quality"starchy, stiffformal - being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress); "pay one's formal respects"; "formal dress"; "a formal ball"; "the requirement was only formal and often ignored"; "a formal education" |
buckramadjectiveSo rigidly constrained, formal, or awkward as to lack all grace and spontaneity:starchy, stiff, stilted, wooden.TranslationsbuckramenUK
Synonyms for buckramadj so rigidly constrained, formal, or awkward as to lack all grace and spontaneitySynonyms- starchy
- stiff
- stilted
- wooden
Synonyms for buckramnoun a coarse cotton fabric stiffened with glueRelated Words- cloth
- fabric
- textile
- material
verb stiffen with or as with buckramRelated Wordsadj rigidly formalSynonymsRelated Words |