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Meaning of stiff as a board | Babel Free

Adjective CEFR C2

Definitions

Very stiff.

not-comparable

Examples

“The rigidity of the corpse was excessive; after about two hours and a half it was stiff as a board.”
“His stiff-as-a-board tranditionally ^([sic]) masculine good looks and constrained, stiff-upper lipped portrayal of Ed was a wonderful contrast to Fierstein's androgonous ^([sic]), physically mobile Arnold.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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