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# hardback

«hardback» in Mova's school dictionary: **A book with a stiff, strong cover: The story came out in…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a hardback, hardbacks); adjective (hardback)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A book with a stiff, strong cover: The story came out in hardback. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hardback/#m1)

2) (adjective) Having a stiff cover: a hardback book. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hardback/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In libraries and bookshops pupils find hardback and paperback books; hardbacks last longer but cost more and weigh more. Phrases: «in hardback», «a hardback edition».

### examples

- This hardback has a picture under the cover. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hardback/#x1)
- The library prefers hardbacks because they last longer. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hardback/#x2)
- The hardback costs $20, the paperback $8. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hardback/#x3)
- I'm waiting for the paperback, as the hardback is heavy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hardback/#x4)
- My atlas is a big hardback. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hardback/#x5)
- She got a hardback copy for her birthday. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hardback/#x6)

### note

Also called «hardcover» (mainly US). Opposite: paperback (soft cover). In maths, compare prices of hardback and paperback by subtracting.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «hardback» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/hardback/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.