BINDER

Binder

A binder is any material or substance that holds or draws other materials together to form a cohesive whole. Often materials labeled as binders in different proportions or uses can have their roles reversed with what they are binding. An example would be straw helping to bind clay together as in cob, and clay helping to bind straw together as in a natural insulation.

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binder

Noun

  1. Someone who binds, particularly someone who binds books; a bookbinder.
  2. A cover or holder for unbound papers, pages etc.
  3. Something that is used to bind things together, often referring to the mechanism that accomplishes this for a book.
  4. A software mechanism that performs binding.
  5. A dossier.
  6. A machine used in harvesting that ties cut stalks of grain into a bundle.
  7. A chemical that causes two other substances to form into one.
  8. A down payment on a piece of real property that secures the payor the right to purchase the property from the payee upon an agreement of terms.
  9. A rubber band.


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