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Definition: Bookbinder |
BookbinderNoun1. A worker whose trade is binding books. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "bookbinder" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1830. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Occupations | Cuts, assembles, glues, and sews components to bind books, according to specification, using automatic and manually operated machines, handtools, and equipment: Folds printed sheets to form signatures (pages) and assembles signatures in numerical order to form book body. Attaches endpapers to top and bottom of book body. Sews signatures and endpapers together along spine of book body, using sewing machine, or glues endpapers and signatures together along spine, using brush or glue machine. Compresses sewed or glued signatures to reduce book to required thickness, using handpress or smashing machine. Trims edges of book to size, using cutting or book trimming machine or hand cutter. Inserts book body in device that forms back edge of book into convex shape and produces grooves to facilitate attachment of cover. Applies glue to back of book, using brush or glue machine, and attaches cloth backing and headband. Applies color to edges of signatures, using brush, pad, or atomizer. Cuts binder board to specified dimension, using board shears, hand cutter, or cutting machine. Cuts cover material, such as leather or cloth, to specified dimensions and fits and glues material to binder board manually or by machine. Glues outside endpapers to cover. Places bound book in press that exerts pressure on cover until glue dries. May imprint and emboss lettering, designs, or numbers on cover, using gold, silver, or colored foil and stamping machine. May pack, weigh, and stack books on pallet for shipment. May specialize in repairing and rebinding damaged or worn books for resale or reuse. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: Bookbinder |
| English words defined with "bookbinder": Bibliopegist. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "bookbinder": Great Men. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Bookbinder" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 61.29% of the time. "Bookbinder" is used about 31 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 61.29% | 19 | 80,337 |
| Noun (proper) | 38.71% | 12 | 101,599 |
| Total | 100.00% | 31 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "bookbinder" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Bookbinder | Last name | 130 | 58,349 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
bookbinder | 24 |
roy bookbinder | 6 |
bookbinder martin | 4 |
bookbinder supply | 3 |
book bookbinder box | 2 |
bell bookbinder noni | 2 |
bookbinder restaurant | 2 |
bookbinder thesis | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "bookbinder"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | libralidhës (binder, bookmaker). (various references) | |
Arabic | المجلد. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | книговезец (binder). (various references) | |
Chinese | '书 . (various references) | |
Czech | knihař (binder). (various references) | |
Danish | bogbinderiassistent (sewer). (various references) | |
Dutch | brocheerder (sewer), innaaier (sewer). (various references) | |
Farsi | کتاب ساز, صحاف (Bookmaker). (various references) | |
Finnish | kirjansitoja. (various references) | |
French | brocheur, relieur. (various references) | |
German | buchbinder (bookbinders). (various references) | |
Greek | βιβλιογράφος (sewer), βιβλιοδέτησ (binder). (various references) | |
Hebrew | כורך (binder). (various references) | |
Hungarian | könyvkötõ. (various references) | |
Indonesian | menjilid buku. (various references) | |
Italian | rilegatore (binder). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 製本屋 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | せいほ"や. (various references) | |
Korean | 본업자. (various references) | |
Manx | kiangleyder lioar. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ookbinderbay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | brochador (sewer), encadernador (binder). (various references) | |
Romanian | legãtor de cãrţi (binder, sewer), legãtor. (various references) | |
Russian | переплетчик. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | knjigovezac (binder). (various references) | |
Spanish | encuadernador (binder, bookmaker). (various references) | |
Swedish | bokbindare. (various references) | |
Thai | คนเย็บเล่มหนังสือ. (various references) | |
Turkish | ciltçi (binder, book binder). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | палітурник (binder, pasty). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | thợ đóng sách. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "bookbinder": bookbinderies, bookbinders, bookbindery. (additional references) | |
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"Bookbinder" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: bokbinderi, Buchbinder. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "bookbinder" (pronounced buh"kbī'nder) |
| 4 | -ī' n d er | pathfinder, Sidewinder, viewfinder. |
| 3 | -n d er | Ender, engender, Alexander, asunder, attainder, auslander, Bander, bartender, bender, binder, blander, blender, blinder, blonder, blunder, bounder, brander, bystander, calamander, calendar, candor, cinder, cofounder, commander, Condor, contender, coriander, cylinder, defender, extender, Fender, finder, flounder, fonder, founder, gander, gender, gerrymander, grander, grinder, highlander, hinder, islander, kinder, Lander, launder, lavender, lender, mainlander, meander, minder, offender, oleander, pander, Pinder, plunder, ponder, pounder, pretender, rejoinder, remainder, reminder, render, responder, rounder, salamander, sander, sender, slander, slender, sounder, Spender, splendor, squander, Stander, sunder, surrender, suspender, tender, thunder, tinder, transponder, under, vendor, wander, weekender, winder, wonder, yonder, Zander. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-b-d-e-i-k-n-o-o-r" | |
-2 letters: knobbier, ribboned. | |
-3 letters: bookend, bridoon, brooked, brookie, knobbed, nobbier. | |
-4 letters: binder, bodkin, bonder, bonier, bonked, boobed, booked, booker, bookie, boride, bribed, brined, broken, dibber, dinero, dobber, dobbin, inbred, indoor, ironed, kinder, kirned, krooni, nibbed, oinked, oroide, rebind, rebook, ribbed, ribbon, robbed, robbin, rooked, rookie. | |
-5 letters: bider, biked, biker, boned, boner, booed, bored, borne, boron. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-b-d-e-i-k-n-o-o-r" | |
+1 letter: bookbinders, bookbindery. | |
+3 letters: bookbinderies. | |
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