-bound
suffix (COVERED) /-baʊnd/Definition
› used to describe a book that is covered or held together in the stated way: a leather-bound book a spiral-bound notebookCovering and adding layers › used to describe clothes or other objects that have edges covered in the stated way: leather-bound cuffsDecorating or making something attractive
(Definition of -bound suffix (COVERED) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
© Cambridge University Press)
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Synonyms and related words:
- accessorize verb
- adorn verb
- beautify verb
- bedeck verb
- cheer sth up phrasal verb
- edged adjective
- festoon verb
- garland verb
- glam (yourself) up phrasal verb
- glamorize verb
- ornament noun
- ornament verb
- ornamentation noun
- ornate adjective
- prettify verb
- tart yourself up phrasal verb
- tassel noun
- titivate verb
- twiddly adjective
- window dressing noun (SHOPS)
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