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Binding

Binding Meaning & Definition
Binding Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Binding?

[n] the act of applying a bandage
[n] the front and back covering of a book; "the book had a leather binding"
[n] strip sewn over or along an edge for reinforcement or decoration
[n] the capacity to attract and hold something
[adj] causing constipation
[adj] hindering freedom of movement; "tight garments are uncomfortably binding"
[adj] executed with proper legal authority; "a binding contract"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Binding: back | bandaging | book binding | constipating | constricting | costive | cover | dressing | tight | valid

Related Terms | Find terms related to Binding: absolute | adhesive | affixation | annexation | attachment | authoritative | backing | bandage | bandaging | beading | bibliopegy | binder | binder board | bond | book cloth | book cover | book jacket | bookbinding | bookcase | bordering | bordure | canonical | case | casemaking | casing-in | clasping | cogent | collating | collating mark | combinative | communicating | compulsory | conclusive | conjunctive | connecting | connectional | connective | consistent | copulative | cover | de rigueur | decisive | decretory | dictated | didactic | dust cover | dust jacket | edging | entailed | envelope | envelopment | fastener | fastening | fimbria | fimbriation | final | flounce | folding | footband | formulary | frill | frilling | fringe | furbelow | galloon | gathering | gift wrapping | girding | gluing-off | good | hard and fast | hard binding | hard-and-fast | headband | hem | hooking | imperative | imperious | imposed | inevitable | instructive | intercommunicating | involuntary | irrevocable | jacket | joining | just | knot | lashing | lawful | legal | legitimate | library binding | ligation | lining | lining-up | linking | list | logical | mandated | mandatory | mechanical binding | meeting | motif | must | necessary | niggerhead | obligatory | official | peremptory | perfect binding | plastic binding | preceptive | prescribed | prescript | prescriptive | regulation | required | rounding | rubric | ruffle | saddle stitching | self-consistent | selvage | sewing | side sewing | signature | skirting | slipcase | slipcover | smashing | Smyth sewing | soft binding | solid | sound | spiral binding | splice | stamping | standard | stapling | statutory | sticking | substantial | sufficient | tailband | tieing | tipping | trimming | ultimate | valance | valid | weighty | well-founded | well-grounded | welt | wire stitching | without appeal | wrap | wrapper | wrapping | zipping

See Also | attraction | attractiveness | book | half binding | medical aid | medical care | protection | protective cover | protective covering | sewing | stitchery | three-quarter binding | volume

Binding In Webster's Dictionary

\Bind"ing\, a. That binds; obligatory. {Binding beam} (Arch.), the main timber in double flooring. {Binding joist} (Arch.), the secondary timber in double-framed flooring. Syn: Obligatory; restraining; restrictive; stringent; astringent; costive; styptic.
\Bind"ing\, n. 1. The act or process of one who, or that which, binds. 2. Anything that binds; a bandage; the cover of a book, or the cover with the sewing, etc.; something that secures the edge of cloth from raveling. 3. pl. (Naut.) The transoms, knees, beams, keelson, and other chief timbers used for connecting and strengthening the parts of a vessel.

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