Boardy

Quick meaning: Boardy is an adjective meaning (of a fabric) Having the texture of a hard board; inflexible and stiff.

Meaning

(of a fabric) Having the texture of a hard board; inflexible and stiff.

Example Sentences

Gone, too, are the days of boardy, heavy clothes for hot-weather wear.

Produces a full, firm, and harsh feel often described as a boardy feel, in cloth filled with it.

Rice starch gives clothes a boardy effect. It makes the fabric firm because it has good penetration into the cellulosic fibre.

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”; […]

Word Forms

• boardier
• boardiest

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include cardboardy, pasteboardy, boardlike, starchy, stiff, hard-grained.

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