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Noun: hardcover  'haard'kú-vur
Usage: N. Amer (elsewhere: hardback)
  1. A book with cardboard, cloth or leather covers
    "She preferred reading hardcovers over paperbacks";
    - hardback
Adjective: hardcover  'haard'kú-vur
Usage: N. Amer (elsewhere: hardback)
  1. Having a hard back or cover
    "hardcover books";
    - hardbacked, hardback, hardbound

Derived forms: hardcovers

See also: backed

Type of: book, volume

Encyclopedia: Hardcover