binding

binding is a 7-letter English word with 11 senses as adjective and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: of Bind. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 15 · 11 senses

Definitions

1. present participle. of Bind
2. adjective. That binds; obligatory.
3. noun. The act or process of one who, or that which, binds.
4. noun. Anything that binds; a bandage; the cover of a book, or the cover with the sewing, etc.; something that secures the edge of cloth from raveling.
5. plural. The transoms, knees, beams, keelson, and other chief timbers used for connecting and strengthening the parts of a vessel.
6. noun. the act of applying a bandage

   Synonyms: bandaging, dressing

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

   "the book had a leather binding"

   Synonyms: back, cover

8. noun. strip sewn over or along an edge for reinforcement or decoration
9. noun. one of a pair of mechanical devices that are attached to a ski and that will grip a ski boot; the bindings should release in case of a fall
10. noun. the capacity to attract and hold something
11. adjective. executed with proper legal authority

    "a binding contract"

Synonyms

bandaging, dressing, back, cover

Common word forms

bind, bindings, bindingly, bindingness

Words from these letters

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