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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: having a hard back or cover; "hardback books" [syn: hardbacked, hardback, hardbound, hardcover] n
1: a book with cardboard or cloth or leather covers [syn: hardback, hardcover]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 1949 1. having rigid boards on the sides covered in cloth or paper <hardcover books> 2. of or relating to hardcover books <hardcover sales> • hardcover noun

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(hardcovers) A hardcover is a book which has a stiff hard cover. Compare softcover. (AM; in BRIT, use hardback) N-COUNT: also in N