Meaning

1 senses
  1. A book with a rigid binding, often of cardboard or leather.

    gebundenes Buch, gebundene Ausgabe

    a book with cardboard or cloth or leather covers

Examples

1 sentences
  1. I bought the novel in paperback because it was cheaper than the hardcover.

    deIch habe den Roman als Taschenbuch gekauft, weil es günstiger war als die gebundene Ausgabe.

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Translations

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By meaning 1
a book with a rigid binding:

Origin

From hard + cover.

From hard + cover.

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Forms

plural: hardcovers
Singularhardcover
Pluralhardcovers

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a book with cardboard or cloth or leather covers:hardback

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
hardcover — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto