Binding

Noun

 * 1) An item (usually rope, tape, or string) used to hold two or more things together.
 * 2) The spine of a book where the pages are held together.
 * 3)  A finishing on a seam or hem of a garment
 * 4)  The association of a named item with an element of a program.

Adjective

 * 1) Assigning something that one will be held to.

Verb
binding



Adjectives for Binding
neat; original; practical; imperishable; ornate; exquisite; excellent; worn; mildewed; embossed; leather; drab; linen; luxurious.

Adverbs for Binding
legally; morally; onerously; embarrassingly; awkwardly; laboriously; perplexingly; formidably; desperately; dreadfully; outrageously; distressingly; vexatiously; uncomfortably; appallingly; alarmingly; unquestionably; definitely; positively; absolutely; securely; cruelly; truly; inescapably; conclusively; oppressively.

Thesaurus
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, 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

Derived terms

 * dynamic binding
 * early binding
 * key binding
 * late binding
 * static binding

Noun

 * Armenian:
 * French: reliure (2)
 * Georgian: ყდა


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Adjective

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Noun
binding


 * 1) bond, fixation
 * 2) knitting
 * 3)  definiteness