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Meanings of hardback in English

Russian
жёсткий переплёт
Portuguese
livro de capa dura
Spanish
cartoné
Catalan
enquadernació cartoné
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Book bound with a rigid protective cover.

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жёсткий переплёт
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Having a hard back or cover.

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Usage of hardback in English
1
The result is a hardback volume that makes fascinating and grim reading.
The Irish Times
2
But hardback cookbooks are too darn heavy to be good bedside companions.
The Irish Times
3
It's a bulky hardback, heavy and not a comfortable thing to carry.
The Irish Times
4
Her eyes rarely move from the pages of her book- athickhardback.
After dark
5
Midslide, Elodin nearly bowled over a huge, broad-shouldered man carrying a hardback.
The Name of the Wind
6
It's got a black, hardback cover and is written in green ink.
The tower, the zoo and the tortoise
7
The handsome hardback book is very much a labour of love for O'Connell.
The Irish Times
8
So why should consumers pay hardback or even paperback prices for e-book titles?
Wired
9
In the British Library, the only copy of the out-of-print hardback is pristine.
The Guardian
10
As in, buying a hardback from Amazon, or a Beanie Baby from eBay.
Wired
11
The result: a whopping hardback, How is the Internet Changing the Way You Think?
The Guardian
12
Their journey has resulted in a large hardback book called View from the Road.
Radio NZ
13
The price is about what you would expect for a brand new hardback book.
Wired
14
He was carrying a large hardback book protected with plastic.
Agent 6
15
The books will be published in hardback and ebook form.
BBC
16
It is about the size of a large hardback book.
The Irish Times
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