rigidité — meaning in English

English meaning

• rigidity noun The quality of being stiff and resistant to bending.
• starch noun A carbohydrate found in foods like potatoes, rice, and grains, used by the body for energy.
• stiffness noun The quality of being rigid or resistant to bending.

Senses

rigidité is used for these senses in English:

• rigidity The quality or state of being rigid; lack of pliability; the quality of resisting change of physical shape
• starch (uncountable) A stiff, formal manner; formality.
• stiffness Rigidity or a measure of rigidity.

rigidity — full definition

1. noun The quality of being stiff and resistant to bending.
2. noun Strictness or inflexibility in rules, attitudes, or behaviour.

starch — full definition

1. noun A carbohydrate found in foods like potatoes, rice, and grains, used by the body for energy.
2. noun A substance used to stiffen fabric, especially collars and shirts, when doing laundry.
3. verb To treat fabric with starch to make it stiff.

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