ring binder

American  

noun

1. a loose-leaf binder in which the sheets are held in by two or more rings that can be made to snap open.

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ring binder British  

noun

1. a loose-leaf binder fitted with metal rings that can be opened to allow perforated paper to be inserted

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Etymology

Origin of ring binder

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

That fall, Mitchell gathered more than thirty drawings and watercolors in a ring binder and paired them with handwritten lyrics and bits of poetry.

From The New Yorker • Oct. 16, 2019

Backpage has a ring binder full of thank-you messages from police investigators, who often use information Backpage provides to pursue traffickers and sometimes are friendly with the firm.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 11, 2016

As Dave Murphy leafed through the pages of repairs he noticed that he owed an extra £2,000, too, for the work that went into compiling the shiny ring binder.

From The Guardian • Oct. 13, 2015

It’s no surprise that different brands should dominate in different markets, but everything from paper sizes to the pencil grading system to the number of holes in a ring binder varies around the world.

From Slate • May 7, 2015

If papers were removed from the ring binder who would have done that....

From Judgments of the Court of Appeal of New Zealand on Proceedings to Review Aspects of the Report of the Royal Commission of Inquiry into the Mount Erebus Aircraft Disaster C.A. 95/81 by New Zealand. Court of Appeal