boardy
Rigid like lumber
Boardy describes something with the stiff, rigid quality of a board.
Most often applied to fabrics or materials that lack drape or flexibility: The new jeans were boardy until I washed them a few times.
Surfers and skaters use it for waves or surfaces that feel unusually firm or unforgiving.
stiff
Unable to bend
- woodenMade from timber
- inflexibleUnable to bend
- unyieldingRefusing to give way
- stiltedUnnaturally formal in expression
mechanical · robotic · awkward · unnatural · formal · starchy · unbending · constrained
rigid
Unable to bend
- woodenMade from timber
- inflexibleUnable to bend
- unyieldingRefusing to give way
stilted · mechanical · robotic · awkward · unnatural · formal · starchy · unbending · constrained · tense
- on boardAgreeing and involved
- board gamesStructured tabletop play
- circuit boardElectronics interconnection substrate
- drawing boardFlat surface for sketching
- diving boardElevated pool launching platform
- bulletin boardSurface for pinned messages
board, boards, boarded, boarding, boarder, boarders, onboard, overboard, shipboard