buckram
/ˈbʌkɹəm/noun, verb
buckram is spelled B-U-C-K-R-A-M: 7 letters. It appears about once in every 18 million words in written English, the 128,787th most frequent word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). As a noun, buckram means “A coarse cloth of cotton, linen or hemp, stiffened with size or glue, used in bookbinding to cover and protect the books, in garments to keep them in…” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The plural of buckram is buckrams.
How many letters and syllables are in buckram?
| Letters | 7: B-U-C-K-R-A-M |
|---|---|
| In writing | about once in every 18 million words; the 128,787th most frequent word form |
| Wrong spellings searched | none measured in search |
Sources: letters and syllables from the English Wiktionary's hyphenation or pronunciation; written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How common is buckram?
Buckram appears about once in every 18 million words in written English, the 128,787th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
How do you pronounce buckram?
- /ˈbʌkɹəm/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-buckram.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of buckram
- buckrams plural, present, singular, he/she/it
- buckraming participle, present
- buckramed participle, past
- buckrammed participle, past
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
What does buckram mean?
The meanings the English Wiktionary records, quoted as written there (source below).
noun
- 1
A coarse cloth of cotton, linen or hemp, stiffened with size or glue, used in bookbinding to cover and protect the books, in garments to keep them in the form intended, and for wrappers to cover merchandise.
- 2
A crab that has just molted; a papershell.
- 3
A plant of species Allium ursinum, also called ramson, wild garlic, or bear garlic.
verb
- 1
To stiffen with or as if with buckram.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Buckram in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense cloth:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | bougran |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does buckram come from?
From Middle English bukeram (“fine linen”), from Anglo-Norman bokeram, from Old French boquerant, bougherant (“fine cloth”), bougueran, probably ultimately from Bokhara, a city in southeastern Uzbekistan.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).