ring binder

noun

Definition of ring binder

: a loose-leaf binder in which split rings attached to a back hold the perforated sheets of paper

Examples of ring binder in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Another is as an opening or aperture in an object, like a tunnel through a mountain or the punches in three-ring binder paper. — quantamagazine.org, "Topology 101: The Hole Truth," 26 Jan. 2021 The product is the digital equivalent of a three-ring binder: a way to manage newsletter overload. — Anna Wiener, The New Yorker, "Is Substack the Media Future We Want?," 28 Dec. 2020 Quint hands out the reports—stapled pages for our classmates, and a three-ring binder to Mr. Chavez. — EW.com, "First look: YA powerhouse Marissa Meyer returns with debut rom-com 'Instant Karma'," 27 Apr. 2020 Each label is attached to graph paper and placed into one of nine large three-ring binder notebooks, alphabetically ordered by the first letter of the brand name. — Fernando Alfonso Iii, CNN, "How one Florida woman amassed a collection of more than 21,000 banana labels," 22 Feb. 2020 So pull out your grandma’s community cookbook, your three-ring binder of recipes (not just me, right?), the index cards your mom dutifully wrote out. — Becky Krystal, Washington Post, "Take the sweetest trip around the country with these 14 American regional cookie recipes," 2 Dec. 2019 Colonel Thomas Dorsey Chapter members donated a large assortment of three-ring binders, five-subject notebooks, backpacks, zipper binders, colored pencils, markers, pencil pouches and scissors. — Patti Restivo, baltimoresun.com, "DAR history on display at Miller Branch library in Howard; chapter gives the gift of school supplies," 8 Nov. 2019 That fall, Mitchell gathered more than thirty drawings and watercolors in a ring binder and paired them with handwritten lyrics and bits of poetry. — Amanda Petrusich, The New Yorker, "Joni Mitchell Discusses Her New Book of Early Songs and Drawings," 16 Oct. 2019 The physical books — thick, three-ring binders — are also being stored at the new facility, a 7,300-square-foot space at the Ahmanson Recruit Training Center in Westchester. — Nicole Santa Cruz, Los Angeles Times, "Joint FBI and LAPD homicide library brings new hope for old cases," 2 Oct. 2019

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ring binder

noun

English Language Learners Definition of ring binder

: a cover for sheets of paper that are fastened into rings that pass through holes on the edge of the paper

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