book binding

1. 1.

   the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book

   “the book had a leather binding”

   Synonymsbindingcoverback

   Broaderprotective covering

   Narrowerhalf bindingthree-quarter binding

   Part ofbook

Questions about book binding

What does book binding mean?

book binding means "the protective covering on the front, back, and spine of a book".

What is another word for book binding?

Close synonyms include binding, cover, back. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is book binding a common word?

book binding is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.