paperback book
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- noun
- /ˈpeɪpərˌbæk bʊk/
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libro de bolsillo
- Until nearly a year ago, he had come here for breakfast, read newspapers, and bought paperback books.
- paperback book club
I still read hardcover and paperback books.
- I still read hardcover and paperback books.
- There's also you can get the paperback book on Amazon, Barnes and Noble online, Walmart online books of a million online.
Examples
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She pulled out a paperback book from her bag and started reading on the bus.
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Teachers should fill their classrooms with a variety of reading materials, including paperback books, newspapers, magazines, pamphlets, and so forth.
Academic text (1991) -
And one of them was that the paperback book industry had taken off.
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A description of the results of the sex survey was later published as a paperback book.
Academic text (1990) -
As for me, I'd take a live concert and a paperback book over digital copies any day.
Blog text (21) -
Inside are a few decks of cards and a paperback book.
Fiction book (1990) -
Directly ahead was a receptionist's desk where a nurse sat reading a paperback book.
Fiction book (1991) -
Both my schools have rolling book carts for my paperback books through DonorsChoose.
Academic text (2011) -
Rosalie visited during the evenings, brought paperback books, hot sandwiches, and wedges of chocolate cheesecake.
Fiction book (1996) -
Another was carrying a paperback book by Immanuel Kant titled The Prolegomena to Any Further Metaphysics.
Fiction book (1998)
Synonyms
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1.3
A book with a soft paper cover, not a hard cover
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2.8
A book with a flexible paper cover, not a hardback
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3.3
A book with thin, flexible paper on the outside rather than a hard cover
A book with a soft paper cover instead of a hard cover
A book with a flexible paper cover instead of a hard cover
Antonyms
How Durable
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a book bound in a flexible paper cover' is directly and redundantly derived from the constituents: 'paperback' already denotes a book with a flexible paper cover and 'book' denotes a published set of pages. This is a fully compositional, common compounding pattern (and parallels exist in many languages), so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily understand the phrase.
Etymology
Paperback book comes from the simple picture of a book whose cover and back are made of soft paper instead of a hard cover. That's why a paperback book means a book with a flexible paper cover that is often 'cheaper' and 'lighter' to carry.