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half-bound

half-bound adjective: having only the back and corners bound in leather.

Adjective

half-bound (not comparable)

  1. Having only the back and corners bound in leather

Origin of half-bound

From half- + bound.

Questions about half-bound

What does half-bound mean?
Half-bound means having only the back and corners bound in leather.
What part of speech is half-bound?
Half-bound is an adjective.

Words near half-bound in the dictionary

  1. half-blue
  2. half-blues
  3. half-boiled
  4. half-boot
  5. half-boots
  6. half-bound
  7. half-brained
  8. half-break
  9. half-breaks
  10. half-bred
  11. half-breds

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