Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

stiff as a board

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.88 in modern English

Syllables: stiff as a board
IPA

22

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

1

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Very stiff.

Example Sentences

"The rigidity of the corpse was excessive; after about two hours and a half it was stiff as a board."
"His stiff-as-a-board tranditionally ^([sic]) masculine good looks and constrained, stiff-upper lipped portrayal of Ed was a wonderful contrast to Fierstein's androgonous ^([sic]), physically mobile Arnold."

Questions

What does stiff as a board mean?: Very stiff.

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