binding
Imposing stipulations or requirements that must be honoured.
Adjective 2 meanings
Imposing stipulations or requirements that must be honoured.
“This contract is a legally binding agreement.”
Having the effect of counteracting diarrhea.
“Bananas and white bread are sometimes considered binding.”
Noun 4 meanings
An item (usually rope, tape, or string) used to hold two or more things together.
The spine of a book where the pages are held together.
A finishing on a seam or hem of a garment.
The association of a named item with an element of a program.
Etymology
From Middle English byndynge; equivalent to bind + -ing.
Similar and opposite words
BINDING at a glance
BINDING has 7 letters and scores 11 points in Scrabble (B 3 + I 1 + N 1 + D 2 + I 1 + N 1 + G 2) and 15 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #5,564 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with binding
All rhymes- BEING8
- GOING7
- SOMETHING15
- DURING8
- THING9
- DOING7
- HAVING13
- GETTING9
- LOOKING12
- ANYTHING15
- NOTHING11
- EVERYTHING20
One letter away
- FINDING12
- BIDDING12
- WINDING12
- BENDING11
- BONDING11
- MINDING11
- BANDING11
- BIRDING11
- BINGING11
- BINNING10
- SINDING9
- TINDING9
- BUNDING11
- KINDING13
- RINDING9
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