bindery
bindery noun: a workshop or factory where books are bound.
Noun
bindery (plural binderies)
- A workshop or factory where books are bound.
- Places of Employment: About 69,000 bookbinders and bindery workers were employed [in the United States] in 1978. Many worked in shops that specialize in bookbinding; others work in the bindery departments of book printing firms, commercial printing plants, and large libraries. Some bookbinders...1980, United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, “Bookbinders and bindery workers”, in Occupational Outlook Handbook (Bulletin of the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics), Bulletin 2075...
- The tours to the binderies and to the printers and publishers lasted on the average of 1.45 and 1.71 hours respectively.1996, Thomas D. Walker, Surveying the library landscape, page 14
- Synonyms:
- bookbindery
Synonyms of bindery
Forms of bindery
| plural | binderies |
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Origin of bindery
From bind + -ery (“place of”).
Questions about bindery
- What does bindery mean?
- Bindery means a workshop or factory where books are bound.
- What part of speech is bindery?
- Bindery is a noun.
- What is the plural of bindery?
- The plural of bindery is binderies.
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