Paper-back

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  paperback \pa"per*back`\ (p[=a]"p[~e]r*b[a^]k`), n.
     A book with paper covers; -- contrasted with {hardback} or
     {hardcover}.
  
     Syn: softback, soft-cover.
          [WordNet 1.5]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  paperback \pa"per*back\ adj.
     having a flexible binding; -- of books. Contrasted to
     {hardcover} or {hardbacked} or {hardbound}.
  
     Syn: paperbacked, soft-bound, softcover, softback.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  paperback
       adj : (of books) having a flexible binding [syn: {paperbacked}]
       n : a book with paper covers [syn: {paperback book}, {paper-back
           book}, {softback book}, {softback}, {soft-cover book}, {soft-cover}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  39 Moby Thesaurus words for "paperback":
     best seller, book, bound book, classic, coloring book,
     definitive work, folio, great work, hardback, juvenile,
     juvenile book, limp-cover book, magnum opus, nonbook, notebook,
     novel, opus, opuscule, opusculum, picture book, playbook,
     pocket book, prayer book, production, psalmbook, psalter,
     publication, serial, sketchbook, soft-cover, songbook,
     standard work, storybook, title, tome, trade book, volume, work,
     writing