well-bound

1. 1.

   (of books) having a sturdy and attractive binding

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Questions about well-bound

What does well-bound mean?

well-bound means "(of books) having a sturdy and attractive binding".

How many syllables are in well-bound?

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

Is well-bound a common word?

well-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.