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Collar Stiffener Crossword Clue

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99%6Exact Match!
noun

• a complex carbohydrate found chiefly in seeds, fruits, tubers, roots and stem pith of plants, notably in corn, potatoes, wheat, and rice; an important foodstuff and used otherwise especially in adhesives and as fillers and stiffeners for paper and textiles

• a commercial preparation of starch that is used to stiffen textile fabrics in laundering

verb

• stiffen with starch

98%4Exact Match!
noun

• continuing or remaining in a place or state

• the state of inactivity following an interruption

• a judicial order forbidding some action until an event occurs or the order is lifted

• a thin strip of metal or bone that is used to stiffen a garment (e.g. a corset)

• (nautical) brace consisting of a heavy rope or wire cable used as a support for a mast or spar

verb

• stay the same; remain in a certain state

• stay put (in a certain place)

• dwell

• continue in a place, position, or situation

• remain behind

• stop or halt

• stay behind

• hang on during a trial of endurance

• stop a judicial process

• fasten with stays

• overcome or allay

42%8 A horizontal timber, strut or stiffener across a framework
noun

• a member of a squad on a team

• a worker who strings

• brace consisting of a longitudinal member to strengthen a fuselage or hull

• a long horizontal timber to connect uprights

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Eugene Sheffer13 Mar 2021 Across 11
Eugene Sheffer03 Jul 2020 Down 26
New York Times15 Nov 2018 Across 37
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