bindery
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7.7
- noun
- /ˈbaɪndəri/
- Specialized
- After visiting the bindery, she learned about the intricate process of binding pages together.
- a book bindery
- work in the bindery
Examples
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The local bindery specializes in handcrafting leather-bound books.
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I work in the bindery department.
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People looking for book bindery services will likely care about "general design sense and attention to detail," no?
Blog text (30) -
In the evenings, after his mother returned from the book bindery, George would set the table, and together they would sit down to dinner.
Fiction book (1997) -
If I were looking for a bindery in your area, based on comparing your page to theirs, it would be an easy choice.
Blog text (30) -
Their father, George Bayless, was the owner of what used to be the largest bindery in the area.
Blog text (30) -
In the 19th century, its streets were home to hundreds who worked at Oxford's printing house and bindery, and the close family ties in the area formed what was almost a village inside the growing city.
Blog text (3) -
When he had gone down to the bindery, Caitlin went back up to the workroom, pausing at the basin to bathe her eyes.
Fiction book (1993) -
He took a tour of the bindery to understand how books are produced from start to finish.
Synonyms
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9.3
A workshop where people make and repair books by joining pages and covers
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Bindery is made of bind and -ery; bind comes from an old English word meaning 'to tie' or 'to fasten', and -ery means a 'place', like in bakery. So a bindery is simply a place where pages are tied or fastened together to make books.