hardcover
hardcover
Definition
☆ hard·cover (härd′kuv′ər)
adjective
designating any book bound in a relatively stiff cover, as of cloth-covered cardboard
noun
a hardcover book
hardcover
Usage Examples
Preposition: with
- jacket: The Counties of England & Wales " Chatsworth Library England 1992 hardcover with a dust jacket 4to.
Converse of object
- laminate: Laminated hardcover, 180 6 " x 9 " pages with new illustrations by Earle Oakes.
- bind: Fans of Alex Raymond, Mac Raboy, or Wally Wood should not miss this beautifully bound hardcover, the second Magnus archival collection.
- illustrate: This attractive package consists of an illustrated hardcover and a long, colorful Tibetan prayer flag, packaged together in a lovely gift box.
Adjective modifier
- deluxe: The third deluxe hardcover in the New X-Men series collects New X-Men Vol.
- slipcased: A massive slipcased hardcover, featuring the stunning art of the Eisner Award-winning team of the incomparable Alex Ross and writer Paul Dini!
- original: A softcover edition of the lushly painted original hardcover.
- 240-page: A 240-page hardcover continuing DC's look at Neal Adams ' evolutionary and revolutionary take on the Dark Knight.
- jacketed: The Adventures of Abdi, written for readers aged six and up, is a 32-page jacketed hardcover.
- oversized: Many other comics at this price ( and length ) are oversized, deluxe hardcovers with high quality paper.
Modifies a noun
- ukl: Paranoia XP RPG Book - New rpg in 25th August 2004 hardcover ukL 24.99 This book is strictly classified, Citizen.
- edition: Over 60,000 copies of the 1996 hardcover edition in print.
- book: Being printed in the smaller format of a hardcover book, some of the cartoons are a little hard on the eyes.
- volume: Jazz On Record collects in one handsome hardcover volume the history of recorded jazz through 1976.
- collection: This hardcover collection includes the early SUPERMAN comics that recount the Golden Age adventures of the Man of Steel.
- copy: I know I'll be picking up my own hardcover copy once the next edition is released.
Noun used with modifier
hardcover Quotes
I've come to thinkof Europe as a hardcover book, America as the paperback version.
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