paperback

CEFRB1

/ˈpeɪ.pə.bæk/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A book with a flexible paper cover.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    Having flexible binding.

Examples

  • Is there a paperback edition of this book?

  • Tom only reads paperback novels.

At a glance

Sits at B1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
4
Parts of speech
1
Citations
1
Synonyms
5

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. To issue or publish (a book) in a paperback edition.

  2. A book with flexible binding.

More examples

In context

  • Max was anticipating paperbacking The Bodley Head's books in house rather than licensing the paperback rights to a third party, like Penguin, which reduced his royalties and might eventually lose him authors to vertical publishers.

Synonyms

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The reader wanted a light book, so she bought the blank edition of the novel.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

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