bound book

[faryan]

What does the word 'bound' mean here? Does it mean 'can be taken on a trip'? and Does it function as an adjective?

Booklet is a small bound book or pamphlet, usually having a paper cover.

[5jj]

a bound book has a leather, cloth, or paper cover
a bound volume of the whole trilogy
bound in:
an old book of poems, bound in dark leather

http://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/american/bound#bound_14

bind

- definition
[transitive] to fasten the pages of a book together and put a cover on it
a beautifully bound journal

bind - definition. American English definition of bind by Macmillan Dictionary

[faryan]

Thanks! Then the word 'bound book' and 'pamphlet' are more or less opposites, aren't they?

[5jj]

Thanks! Then the word 'bound book' and 'pamphlet' are more or less opposites, aren't they?

'Opposites' is not a word I'd use here. A pamphlet is a very thin book, with a cover of the same paper as the pages, possibly held together only by a paper clip.

[faryan]

Clicked to some extent! Thanks!