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binder

[bahyn-der]

noun

  1. a person or thing that binds.

  2. a detachable cover, resembling the cover of a notebook or book, with clasps or rings for holding loose papers together.

    a three-ring binder.

  3. a person who binds books; a bookbinder.

  4. Insurance.an agreement by which property or liability coverage is granted pending issuance of a policy.

  5. Agriculture.

    1. an attachment to a harvester or reaper for binding the cut grain.

    2. Also called self-binder.a machine that cuts and binds grain.

  6. any substance that causes the components of a mixture to cohere.

    Eggs, dairy, and gelatin are common binders in traditional recipes that vegan bakers have to replace.

  7. Painting.a component of paint in which pigment is suspended.

  8. (in powder metallurgy) a substance for holding compacted metal powder together while it is being sintered.

  9. Building Trades.

    1. a stone, as a perpend, for bonding masonry.

    2. a girder supporting the ends of two sets of floor joists.

    3. a substance for holding loose material together, as water or tar in a macadamized road, or polyurethane in polymer concrete.

    4. stirrup.

  10. Also called chest binder.a compression garment for temporarily flattening a person's breast tissue, often used by gender-diverse people as part of their gender expression.

    My new binder gets my chest pretty flat, and it's more comfortable than my old one.

  11. British, Australian Slang.a large quantity, especially of food.

binder

/ ˈɪԻə /

noun

  1. a firm cover or folder with rings or clasps for holding loose sheets of paper together

  2. a material used to bind separate particles together, give an appropriate consistency, or facilitate adhesion to a surface

    1. a person who binds books; bookbinder

    2. a machine that is used to bind books

  4. something used to fasten or tie, such as rope or twine

  5. informala square meal

  6. Also called: reaper binder.obsoletea machine for cutting grain and binding it into bundles or sheaves Compare combine harvester

  7. an informal agreement giving insurance coverage pending formal issue of a policy

  8. a tie, beam, or girder, used to support floor joists

  9. a stone for binding masonry; bondstone

  10. the nonvolatile component of the organic media in which pigments are dispersed in paint

  11. (in systemic grammar) a word that introduces a bound clause; a subordinating conjunction or a relative pronoun Compare linker

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of binder1

First recorded before 1000; Middle English, Old English; bind, -er 1
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Hahn: They give you a binder that has where your character’s shown up in the history of the Marvel comics.

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Attorney General Pam Bondi showily gave them binders of "Epstein files," which proved to be just the already public information, because there isn't any more.

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Lacking sand to stick her head in, she hid her face behind some binders.

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“Is there a change in text that needs to happen?” asks Keiko Green, binder and pencil in hand.

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Henry pages through the binder of Pokemon cards he grabbed as the family evacuated, along with his blanket.

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