bookbinder

/'buk,baində/

Thân thiện

A bookbinder carefully sews the pages of a new book.

Definition

1. 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.

Học thuật

Noun

1. a worker whose trade is binding books