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pastedown

pastedown noun: the part of an endpaper that is pasted to a book's cover.

pastedown: the part of an endpaper that is pasted to a book's cover
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Noun

pastedown (plural pastedowns)

  1. The part of an endpaper that is pasted to a book's cover.
    • Holonym: endpaper

Forms of pastedown

pluralpastedowns

Origin of pastedown

Deverbal from paste down.

Questions about pastedown

What does pastedown mean?
Pastedown means the part of an endpaper that is pasted to a book's cover.
What part of speech is pastedown?
Pastedown is a noun.
What is the plural of pastedown?
The plural of pastedown is pastedowns.

Words near pastedown in the dictionary

  1. pasteboard
  2. pasteboards
  3. pasteboardy
  4. pasted
  5. pasted up
  6. pastedown
  7. pastedowns
  8. pastegh
  9. pasteghs
  10. pastejacking
  11. pastel

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