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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(of a fabric) Having the texture of a hard board; inflexible and stiff..
Produces a full, firm, and harsh feel often described as a boardy feel, in cloth filled with it.
Gone, too, are the days of boardy, heavy clothes for hot-weather wear.
Rice starch, on the other hand, penetrates better and gives a harder finish, with a fullness and firmness which is apt to be regarded as “boardy”; […]
Rice starch gives clothes a boardy effect. It makes the fabric firm because it has good penetration into the cellulosic fibre.
Use boardy when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Boardy means (of a fabric) Having the texture of a hard board; inflexible and stiff..
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Produces a full, firm, and harsh feel often described as a boardy feel, in cloth filled with it.
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