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clothbound

clothbound adjective: wrapped in cloth.

Adjective

clothbound (not comparable)

  1. Wrapped in cloth.
    • a clothbound cheese
  2. Bound with cloth, as opposed to other bindings such as paper or leather.
    • They also published in clothbound, hardback volumes with full-color paintings mounted on the front.2007 May 17, Charles Mcgrath, “Magazine Suspends Its Run in History”, in New York Times

Forms of clothbound

alternative formcloth-bound

Origin of clothbound

From cloth + bound.

Questions about clothbound

What does clothbound mean?
Clothbound means wrapped in cloth.
What part of speech is clothbound?
Clothbound is an adjective.

Words near clothbound in the dictionary

  1. cloth pads
  2. cloth-eared
  3. cloth-ears
  4. clothback
  5. clothbacks
  6. clothbound
  7. clothe
  8. clothed
  9. clothedness
  10. clothedst
  11. clothes

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