stiffener
Example Sentences
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Over time, these museums have all acquired, or been given, a vast amount of objects — from hat stiffeners and uniforms to bayonets and artillery.
From Washington Post
He clearly believes they can deliver a title-challenging car and in a month marked by attempts to be abstemious, Verstappen’s signature is just the stiffener Red Bull and their engine supplier Honda required.
From The Guardian
Typically, clients provide the material, such as silk satin-faced organza or thick velvet, which gets dunked in a plastic bucket of fabric stiffener and hung on a wooden rack to dry.
From New York Times
When you screw one side of the angle to the bottom of the seat, the other side of the angle acts as a stiffener.
From Washington Post
Mark wrote “For Doug” on the stringer, a stiffener down the center of the board, which still gives me chills.
From New York Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
