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Laundry Stiffener

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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 Additive for enhancing fabric rigidity
noun

• a formulation added to laundry in order to stiffen the fabric.

90%6 Adjusting clothes for a better fit
noun

• any glutinous material used to fill pores in surfaces or to stiffen fabrics

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