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HARDBACK
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hardback mean?
• HARDBACK (noun)
The noun HARDBACK has 1 sense:
1. a book with cardboard or cloth or leather covers
Familiarity information: HARDBACK used as a noun is very rare.
• HARDBACK (adjective)
The adjective HARDBACK has 1 sense:
1. having a hard back or cover
Familiarity information: HARDBACK used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A book with cardboard or cloth or leather covers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
hardback; hardcover
Hypernyms ("hardback" is a kind of...):
book; volume (physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together)
Derivation:
hardback (having a hard back or cover)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Having a hard back or cover
Synonyms:
hardback; hardbacked; hardbound; hardcover
Context example:
hardback books
Similar:
backed (having a back or backing, usually of a specified type)
Derivation:
hardback (a book with cardboard or cloth or leather covers)
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