binding
noun
the act of fastening, securing, uniting, or the like.
bindings
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pluralof binding.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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"You can think of it as a basket that allows us to capture metals and position them in ways to encourage specific types of bindings."
From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026
The bindings allow for toe-only attachment on the climb, and heel lockdown for skiing down the hill.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 4, 2026
On view are examples of bulbous book bindings, acid-etched vases, satin capes, parchment-covered cabinets, angular decanters, diamond-decorated cloche hats, geometric malachite brooches, stark bas-reliefs, Brancusi-faced collar ads, and boxy, black-lacquer screens.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 23, 2025
Victorian-era publishers used arsenic to colour book bindings, in pigments such as Paris Green, Emerald Green and Scheele's Green, named after a German-born chemist.
From BBC ● Apr. 25, 2024
My name means I am bound, but I can grow more powerful than those bindings.
From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff
