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tailband

tailband noun: an endband attached to the bottom of the spine of a book.

tailband: an endband attached to the bottom of the spine of a book
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Noun

tailband (plural tailbands)

  1. An endband attached to the bottom of the spine of a book.

Forms of tailband

pluraltailbands

Origin of tailband

From tail + band.

Questions about tailband

What does tailband mean?
Tailband means an endband attached to the bottom of the spine of a book.
What part of speech is tailband?
Tailband is a noun.
What is the plural of tailband?
The plural of tailband is tailbands.

Words near tailband in the dictionary

  1. tailage
  2. tailages
  3. tailard
  4. tailback
  5. tailbacks
  6. tailband
  7. tailbands
  8. tailbase
  9. tailbases
  10. tailbeat
  11. tailbeats

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