Link Centre Dictionary

paperback

pa·per·back

UK/ˈpeɪ.pə.bæk/ US/ˈpeɪ.pɚˌbæk/ rare

noun

adjective

1.

(of books) having a flexible binding

Synonyms
Similar

Origin

From paper + back, a shortening of the older term paper-backed book.

Related words

Broader terms

Narrower terms

WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved. Wiktionary content is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike Licence.