BINDER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does binder mean? 

• BINDER (noun)
  The noun BINDER has 4 senses:

1. a machine that cuts grain and binds it in sheaves

2. something used to bind separate particles together or facilitate adhesion to a surface

3. holds loose papers or magazines

4. something used to tie or bind

  Familiarity information: BINDER used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BINDER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A machine that cuts grain and binds it in sheaves

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

binder; reaper binder

Hypernyms ("binder" is a kind of...):

harvester; reaper (farm machine that gathers a food crop from the fields)

Derivation:

bind (fasten or secure with a rope, string, or cord)

bind (make fast; tie or secure, with or as if with a rope)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Something used to bind separate particles together or facilitate adhesion to a surface

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("binder" is a kind of...):

adhesive; adhesive agent; adhesive material (a substance that unites or bonds surfaces together)

Derivation:

bind (form a chemical bond with)

bind (stick to firmly)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Holds loose papers or magazines

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

binder; ring-binder

Hypernyms ("binder" is a kind of...):

protection; protective cover; protective covering (a covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury)

Derivation:

bind (provide with a binding)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Something used to tie or bind

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

binder; ligature

Hypernyms ("binder" is a kind of...):

ligament (any connection or unifying bond)

Derivation:

bind (make fast; tie or secure, with or as if with a rope)

 Context examples 

Binders provide the matrix from which the drug is gradually secreted.

(Dispersing Excipient, NCI Thesaurus)

A calcium-free, iron and magnesium hydroxy carbonate and inorganic phosphate binder with phosphate lowering activity.

(Fermagate, NCI Thesaurus)

Binders provide the matrix from which the drug is gradually secreted.Binding agents which have adhesive properties are important excipients, especially for lozenges and tablets.

(Binder Excipient, NCI Thesaurus)

CTCF, is a multivalent DNA-sequence binder whose specificity is mediated by different sets of zinc finger (ZF) proteins.

(CTCF Pathway, NCI Thesaurus/BIOCARTA)

A synthetic, alpha-bromoacrylic, second-generation minor groove binder (MGB), related to distamycin A, with potential antineoplastic activity.

(Brostallicin, NCI Thesaurus)

The process of forming granules using meltable binders to agglomerate dry powders under elevated temperatures resulting in granules suitable for filling or compression.

(Fluidized Hot Melt Granulation, NCI Thesaurus)

A powder composed of a mild abrasives, detergents, flavoring agents, binders, fluoride, and other active and/or inert ingredient(s).

(Dentifrice Powder Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus)

A paste of mild abrasives, detergents, flavoring agents, binders, fluoride, and other active and/or inert ingredient(s).

(Dentifrice Paste Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus)

Coal tar pitch is mainly used as a binder for aluminum smelting electrodes, but is also used in coating surfaces, in roofing materials, to impregnate and strengthen refractory brick and is used to produce pitch coke.

(Coal Tar Pitch, NCI Thesaurus)

The choice of the particular binder or thickening agent is dependent upon the desired properties of adhesive strength and thickness.

(Binder Excipient, NCI Thesaurus)