binder

[ bahyn-der ]
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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.

  1. a person who binds books; a bookbinder.

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

  3. Agriculture.

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

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

  4. 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.

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

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

  7. Building Trades.

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

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

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

  8. 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.

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

Origin of binder

1
First recorded before 1000; Middle English, Old English; see bind, -er1

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British Dictionary definitions for binder

binder

/ (ˈbaɪndə) /


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

    • a person who binds books; bookbinder

    • a machine that is used to bind books

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

  2. NZ informal a square meal

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

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

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

  6. a stone for binding masonry; bondstone

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

  8. (in systemic grammar) a word that introduces a bound clause; a subordinating conjunction or a relative pronoun: Compare linker (def. 2)

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