Definitions for half-bound

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Spelling: [haf-bound, hahf-]
IPA: /ˈhæfˌbaʊnd, ˈhɑf-/

Half-Bound is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 10 points.

You can make 321 anagrams from letters in half-bound (-abdfhlnou).

Definitions for half-bound

adjective

  1. bound in half binding.

Origin of half-bound

First recorded in 1765-75

Examples for half-bound

Books forwarded in boards, and finished with leather backs and corners, are said to be half-bound.

A small folio, half-bound in red morocco, stamped with King Louis Philippe's monogram.

The paper or cloth which covers the greater part of the surface of half-bound books is usually inartistic and even ugly.

She had a book in each hand; they were half-bound volumes with marble covers!

That is, it gets worn at the hinges and on the back, whether full or half-bound.

She had a book in each hand—they were half-bound volumes, with marble covers!

Slade shouldered past the half-bound Carmena and came to stare gloatingly down at Lennon.

I could only lie still, half-free and half-bound, and see what turn things were likely to take.

Leather pieces pasted on the corners of a half-bound or three-quarter-bound book.

Word Value for half-bound
Scrable

10

Words with friends

10

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