bookbinder
/'buk,baində/
Definition
- Noun:
- A person whose job is binding books: A "bookbinder" is a skilled craftsperson or worker whose trade or occupation involves the process of assembling a book from a series of folded or unfolded sheets of paper and securing them within a protective cover.
Examples of Usage
- Noun:
- The old book was repaired by a professional bookbinder.
- She apprenticed as a bookbinder to learn the traditional craft.
Advanced Usage
- "Master bookbinder": Refers to a highly skilled and experienced practitioner of the craft.
- The rare manuscript was entrusted only to a master bookbinder for restoration.
Variants and Related Words
- Bookbinding (n): The craft or process of binding books.
- He studied the history of bookbinding.
- Bookbindery (n): A workshop or factory where books are bound.
- The family owned a small bookbindery for generations.
Synonyms
- Binder: A general term for a person or machine that binds things, often used interchangeably with "bookbinder" in a book context.
Related Phrases
- To take something to the bookbinder: An idiom-like phrase meaning to have a book professionally bound or repaired.
- I need to take my thesis to the bookbinder for a hardcover binding.
Noun
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a worker whose trade is binding books
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