half-bound

1. 1.

   (of books) having the back bound in one material and the sides in another

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Questions about half-bound

What does half-bound mean?

half-bound means "(of books) having the back bound in one material and the sides in another".

How many syllables are in half-bound?

half-bound has 2 syllables: half--bound. The stress falls on "half-".

Is half-bound a common word?

half-bound 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.