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Formality Give Stiffness Crossword Clue

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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

37%10 With excessive stiffness or formality
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37%9 With excessive stiffness or formality
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