bindery

noun

bind·​ery ˈbīn-d(ə-)rē How to pronounce bindery (audio)
plural binderies
: a place where books are bound

Examples of bindery in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Perhaps it had been set aside by an overzealous librarian before being shipped to the bindery. IEEE Spectrum, 7 Nov. 2022 The original building included a front office, print shop, bindery and library that housed thousands of books and manuscripts — some donated, some collected by Hall on his travels across the globe. Deborah Netburn, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2023 In the deep core of this fable is a disused bindery in a public library, a relic of an age when books were treasured objects, its ghosts channeling the author’s thoughts on literature, the riddle of existence and the universe. Mary Ann Gwinn, Los Angeles Times, 23 Sep. 2021 The store also has a book bindery where books can be repaired and restored, and a big part of that business is restoring childrens books. Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 29 Apr. 2022 Family-owned and operated since 1976, Paper Chase Press has proudly maintained its storefront, printing business and book bindery on a gritty stretch of the Sunset Strip. Sunset Magazine, 13 Jan. 2022 Oswald has worked for the book-bindery for 30 days as a clerk. San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Nov. 2021 The temperature had dipped to 45 degrees as Detective J.B. Hicks of Dallas County Sheriff’s Crime Lab left the book bindery. San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Nov. 2021 Charles Lewis Amos, son of Charles Whitridge Amos, owner of the I.R. Amos Co., a bindery, and his wife, Frances Crawford Lewis Amos, a homemaker, was born in Baltimore and raised in Lutherville. Frederick N. Rasmussen, baltimoresun.com, 18 Nov. 2020

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Word History

First Known Use

1793, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of bindery was in 1793

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“Bindery.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bindery. Accessed 19 Mar. 2024.

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bindery

noun
bind·​ery ˈbīn-d(ə-)rē How to pronounce bindery (audio)
plural binderies
: a place where books are bound
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