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buckram

/ˈbʌkɹəm/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.74 in modern English

Syllables
buck-ram
IPA
/ˈbʌkɹəm/
17
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A coarse cloth of cotton, linen or hemp, stiffened with size or glue, used in bookbinding to cover and protect the books, in garments to keep them in the form intended, and for wrappers to cover merchandise.

Uncountable

noun

A crab that has just molted; a papershell.

Uncountable

verb

To stiffen with or as if with buckram.

Transitive verb

noun

A plant of species Allium ursinum, also called ramson, wild garlic, or bear garlic.

Example Sentences

Etymology

From Middle English bukeram (“fine linen”), from Anglo-Norman bokeram, from Old French boquerant, bougherant (“fine cloth”), bougueran, probably ultimately from Bokhara, a city in southeastern Uzbekistan.

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: bukeram, bokeram, boquerant

Usage

Inflected Forms

buckrams (plural) buckrams (present, singular) buckraming (participle, present) buckramed (participle, past) buckramed (past) buckrammed (participle, past) buckrammed (past) buckrams (alternative)

Derived Forms

unbuckramed

Frequently Paired Words

ramp

Synonyms

starchy stiff

Questions

How do you pronounce buckram?
The recorded pronunciation is /ˈbʌkɹəm/.
What does buckram mean?
A coarse cloth of cotton, linen or hemp, stiffened with size or glue, used in bookbinding to cover and protect the books, in garments to keep them in the form intended, and for wrappers to cover merchandise.
Where does buckram come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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