book binding machine
- noun
- /bʊk ˈbaɪndɪŋ məˈʃin/
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máquina de encuadernación
- She watched as the book binding machine neatly attached the covers to the pages.
Examples
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The publishing company recently purchased a new book binding machine to increase production efficiency.
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Modern book binding machines can handle hundreds of books per hour.
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The book binding machine is essential for publishers.
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Can you operate the book binding machine?
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Modern book binding machines can handle hundreds of books per hour.
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She watched as the book binding machine neatly attached the covers to the pages.
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The publishing company recently purchased a new book binding machine to increase production efficiency.
Synonyms
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A machine that fastens sheets of paper by pushing small metal clips through them
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase is directly compositional: 'book' (the object), 'binding' (the action of fastening pages), and 'machine' (a device) combine to mean a device that binds books. This follows a common noun+gerund+noun compound pattern and is cross-linguistically transparent, so a B1 learner who knows the parts will readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Book binding machine comes from the old way of making books: people would stitch or glue the loose pages to bind a book, and later a machine did that same work. So the name means 'a machine used to fasten together the pages and cover of a book'.