loose pages

Papers without binding

Loose pages are sheets of paper not bound or attached to anything—pages that have fallen out of a book, been torn from a notebook, or were never fastened in the first place.

She found loose pages scattered across the floor.

The term often implies disorder or incompleteness, pages separated from their proper context.

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torn · fluttering · yellowed · shuffled · stacked · crumpled · dog-eared · handwritten · notebook · three ring binder · binder · paper clip · paperclip · stapled · draft · notes · rough draft · faded

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binding status

loose pagesbound volume

Book with fixed binding

perfect binding · codex · ring binder · paperback · three-ring binder

Family

loose, page, loosen, loosely, looseness, looser, loosest, pages, paged

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Top 200,000
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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G