Laundry Stiffener Crossword Clue

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Updated: October 11, 2023

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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
	90%	15		Substance used to make fabric stiff
	noun • a formulation added to laundry in order to stiffen the fabric.
	90%	6		Process of determining the proper dimensions or proportions
	noun • any glutinous material used to fill pores in surfaces or to stiffen fabrics

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New York Times28 Jul 2003	Down 5
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