perfect binding

American

noun

Bookbinding.

a technique for binding books by a machine that cuts off the backs of the sections and glues the leaves to a cloth or paper backing.

perfect binding British

noun

See adhesive binding

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Other Word Forms

perfect-bound

adjective

Etymology

Origin of perfect binding

First recorded in 1925–30

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