hardback

[US]/'hɑːdbæk/
[UK]/'hɑrd'bæk/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n. a book with a hard cover; a book with a hardback cover
adj. having a hard cover; covered with a hardback cover
Word Forms
Past Tensehardbacked
Pluralhardbacks
Past Participlehardbacked

Phrases & Collocations

hardback book

hardback edition

hardback copy

hardback novel

Example Sentences

It’s only available in hardback.

it was first published in hardback in 1981.

I shall buy her book, though not, I fear, the hardback version.

publishers mourned declining sales of hardback fiction.

His second book came out in hardback last month.

I really love the Gothic Horrors series with there cyanotype illustrations and stark colours, and also the Hardback Classics for their colour combinations, materials and patterns.

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