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bookbinding

bookbinding

2 4.6
Making and holding a book's pages inside a cover
  • noun
  • /ˈbʊkˌbaɪndɪŋ/
  • Specialized
translation icon : encuadernación
  • Alex Capriotti: How did you become interested in the art of bookbinding?
  • distinctive bookbinding
  • printing and bookbinding
  • bookbinding paper

Examples

  • During the workshop, participants learned the art of bookbinding by assembling their own personalized journals.

  • Other students could work with a community member who taught bookbinding.

    Academic text (2014)
  • I was able to work with some of the best teachers and designers in bookbinding.

    Blog text (16)
  • Did you find that you had to work to fuse Japanese and Western traditions of bookbinding?

    Blog text (16)
  • Decorative bookbinding had to first be brought in line with Japanese tastes before local audiences could appreciate it.

    Blog text (16)
  • We’ve learned tons about bookbinding and woodcraft, which we will certainly take forward with us.

    Blog text (1)
  • Lindsay's Fine Bookbinding is sure to become a well-thumbed resource for the book conservator seeking detailed instructions for basic and complex fine binding techniques using leather.

    Academic text (2012)
  • She gathered all the necessary tools for bookbinding, including glue, thread, and a sturdy cover.

  • His passion for bookbinding led him to create beautiful handmade books that he later sold at a local craft fair.

Antonyms

2 5.2

To take something apart, often a machine, so you can fix or check it

How Professional

publishing
324 3.3
bookmaking
  • Specialized
1 4.3
bookbinding
  • Specialized
2 4.6

Surface Forms

bookbinding singular
bookbindings plural

Morphology

bookbinding = binding (transparent) = book + bind + ing

Clear composition: 'book' + 'binding' (the act/material of binding books) directly describes the craft.

Etymology

Bookbinding is a simple combination of book and bind, and bind means 'to tie' or 'to fasten'. So bookbinding is the craft of tying or fastening pages into a cover to keep them together.