Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A removable paper cover used to protect the binding of a book. Also called dust cover.
- n. A cardboard sleeve in which a phonograph record is packaged.
Wiktionary
WordNet 3.0
- n. a paper jacket for a book; a jacket on which promotional information is usually printed
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The Bindery
A list of bookbinding terms and phrases, for assembling new or repairing/reassembling old books.
perfect binding, animal glue, spine, textblock, polyvinyl acetate, double-fan adhesi..., board, backing, rounding, bone, book cloth, pasteboard and 270 more...
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ENVI - Collocations DEFG
An extract from the "Zold Tolmacs" project, a HU-EN environmental dictionary compiled by Robert Gulyas in 2000.
dactylis glomerata, daily allowance, daily contact zone, daily cycle of tides, daily intake level, daily mortality rate, daily office and ..., daily peak, daily range in va..., daily runoff regu..., daily SO2 levels, dairy cattle and 5213 more...
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bookwords
Words that apply to the description and condition of books
foxing, cocked, endpaper, scuffing, spine, impression, marginal, covers, browning, edition, printing, dust jacket and 44 more...
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Rare Books
Words used in the rare book trade (of which I was once a part). For more about how such books are put together, see hernesheir's excellent The Bindery.
foxing, gilt, headband, bumped, endpaper, leaf, colophon, vellum, laid paper, boards, device, engraving and 168 more...
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literary pursuits
flyleaf, dogeared, marginalia, chapter, paperback, edition, typeface, blurb, dust jacket, bibliophile, footnote, appendices and 75 more...
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