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Buchrücken — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • binder noun A cover or folder used to hold loose sheets of paper together.
  • spine noun A series of bones situated at the back from the head to the pelvis of a human, or from the head to the tail of an animal, enclosing the spinal cord and providing support for the thorax and abdomen.

Senses

Buchrücken is used for these senses in English:

  • binder Something that is used to bind things together, often referring to the mechanism that accomplishes this for a book.
  • spine The narrow, bound edge of a book that encloses the inner edges of the pages, facing outwards when the book is on a shelf and typically bearing the title and the author's and publisher's name.

binder — full definition

  1. noun A cover or folder used to hold loose sheets of paper together.
  2. noun A person or machine that binds things, such as someone who binds books, or a farm machine that ties harvested crops into bundles.
  3. noun A substance that causes other materials to stick together.
  4. noun A garment worn to flatten the chest, especially by trans men.

spine — full definition

  1. noun A series of bones situated at the back from the head to the pelvis of a human, or from the head to the tail of an animal, enclosing the spinal cord and providing support for the thorax and abdomen.
  2. noun Courage or assertiveness.
  3. noun Something resembling a backbone, such as a ridge, or a long, central structure from which other structures radiate.
  4. noun The narrow, bound edge of a book that encloses the inner edges of the pages, facing outwards when the book is on a shelf and typically bearing the title and the author's and publisher's name.

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