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SOFT-COVER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does soft-cover mean? 

SOFT-COVER (noun)
  The noun SOFT-COVER has 1 sense:

1. a book with paper coversplay

  Familiarity information: SOFT-COVER used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


SOFT-COVER (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A book with paper covers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

paper-back book; paperback; paperback book; soft-cover; soft-cover book; softback; softback book

Hypernyms ("soft-cover" is a kind of...):

book; volume (physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "soft-cover"):

pocket book; pocket edition; pocketbook (pocket-sized paperback book)


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