What does binder mean?

Definitions for binder
ˈbaɪn dərbinder

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word binder.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. binder, reaper bindernoun

    a machine that cuts grain and binds it in sheaves

  2. bindernoun

    something used to bind separate particles together or facilitate adhesion to a surface

  3. binder, ring-bindernoun

    holds loose papers or magazines

  4. binder, ligaturenoun

    something used to tie or bind

Wiktionary

  1. bindernoun

    Someone who binds, particularly someone who binds books; a bookbinder.

  2. bindernoun

    A cover or holder for unbound papers, pages etc.

  3. bindernoun

    Something that is used to bind things together, often referring to the mechanism that accomplishes this for a book.

  4. bindernoun

    A dossier.

  5. bindernoun

    A machine used in harvesting that ties cut stalks of grain into a bundle.

  6. bindernoun

    A chemical that causes two other substances to form into one.

  7. bindernoun

    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.

  8. bindernoun

    A rubber band.

  9. Etymology: From bind + -er.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Bindernoun

    Etymology: from to bind.

    Three binders stood, and took the handfuls reapt
    From boys that gather’d quickly up. George Chapman, Iliads.

    A man, with a binder, may reap an acre of wheat in a day, if it stand well. John Mortimer, Husbandry.

    Upon that I laid a double cloth, of such length and breadth as might serve to encompass the fractured member; which I cut from each end to the middle, into three binders. Richard Wiseman.

ChatGPT

  1. binder

    A binder is a device or material that holds or fastens things together. This term can refer to different things based on the context. In stationery, it's a folder that holds together paper documents. In publishing, it's the process of physically assembling a book. In painting, it's a substance that holds together the pigment. In cooking, it's an ingredient that binds other ingredients together. In construction, it's a material that holds together a compound.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Bindernoun

    one who binds; as, a binder of sheaves; one whose trade is to bind; as, a binder of books

  2. Bindernoun

    anything that binds, as a fillet, cord, rope, or band; a bandage; -- esp. the principal piece of timber intended to bind together any building

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. BINDER

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Binder is ranked #3660 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Binder surname appeared 9,720 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 3 would have the surname Binder.

    91.1% or 8,855 total occurrences were White.
    4.8% or 467 total occurrences were Black.
    1.9% or 187 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    1.3% or 126 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    0.7% or 71 total occurrences were Asian.
    0.1% or 14 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

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Anagrams for binder »

  1. bendir

  2. brined

  3. rebind

  4. inbred

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of binder in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of binder in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of binder in a Sentence

  1. Andrew Nietor:

    When they flee persecution... they don't flee with a neat binder of documents.

  2. Kevin Ashford:

    When she told me that she used to sit with her binder of baseball cards in front of the TV watching baseball, I knew I had made the right decision, because that's exactly what I used to do as a kid.

  3. Francis Godwin:

    CGMP documents in the binder were dated as recently as January 21, 2019: seven days before our inspection. Your quality unit did not review or check these documents prior to disposal.

  4. Armistead Whitney:

    I had 200 employees that were counting on me as a leader to guide them, to make sure that they could be safe, to make sure that the company could also survive and continue to serve our customers, what we saw that day was an inability to make the right decisions. We had a binder of plans kind of sitting on the shelf that no one had ever read. And that was a very, very challenging way to try to figure out what to do.

  5. Black US:

    I have not seen any notes slipped to you and there has not been a binder in front of you, and this has been a tour de force on your part, and you should be complimented publicly for that.

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Translations for binder

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  • книговезец, превръзкаBulgarian
  • pořadačCzech
  • encuadernador, agavilladora, carpeta, aglutinanteSpanish
  • صحافیPersian
  • kansio, kirjansitoja, mappiFinnish
  • dossier, relieur, reliureFrench
  • 접합재Korean
  • dossier, voorschot, snoer, schovenbinder, bindmiddel, bindsel, folder, boekband, map, boekbinderDutch
  • скоросшива́тель, па́пка, переплётчикRussian
  • pärm, bokbindare, bindning, inbindning, självbindare, mapp, dossié, dossierSwedish
  • ciltTurkish
  • 粘合剂Chinese

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