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1 | 99% | 4 | Exact Match! | |
2 | 42% | 8 | A horizontal timber, strut or stiffener across a framework | |
3 | 42% | 8 | Once used as a fabric stiffener | |
Stiffener For Instance Taken Over Time Crossword Clue
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We think the answer is "STAY" which means:
- 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 adjective
- • Steep; ascending.
- • (of a roof) steeply pitched.
- • Difficult to negotiate; not easy to access; sheer.
- • Stiff; upright; unbending; reserved; haughty; proud. adverb
- • Steeply.
An example sentence would be:
- • "I booked a stay at a luxurious hotel for my vacation."
- • "Her stay in the hospital was longer than expected."
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