Definition of Hardbound

1. Adjective. Having a hard back or cover. "Hardback books"

Exact synonyms: Hardback, Hardbacked, Hardcover
Similar to: Backed
Derivative terms: Hardback, Hardcover

Definition of Hardbound

1. Adjective. (context: of a book) Having a hardcover; hardback ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Hardbound

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hardbound

hardball
hardballer
hardballers
hardbeams
hardbill
hardbills
hardbitten
hardboard
hardboards
hardboil
hardboiled
hardboot
hardboots
hardbound (current term)
hardbounds
hardcase
hardcode
hardcopies
hardcopy
hardcores
hardcourt
hardcourts
hardcover
hardcovered
hardcovers

Literary usage of Hardbound

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Statistical Abstract of the United States by United States. Bureau of the Census, United States Dept. of the Treasury. Bureau of Statistics, United States Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce (1879)
""Book club books" Included in "Adult trade books, hardbound. ... Juvenile books represent hardbound and paperbound books, excluding toy books. ..."

2. Hours in a Library by Leslie Stephen (1904)
"... in straining colourless trash from his hardbound brains; but when his mind is full to bursting he may still require the spur of a moderate craving for ..."

3. Manufacturing Systems: Foundations of World-Class Practiceby Joseph A. Heim, National Academy of Engineering, National Academy of Sciences by Joseph A. Heim, National Academy of Engineering, National Academy of Sciences (1992)
"ISBN 0-309-04385-9; 1991,184 pages, 6x9, index, hardbound NATIONAL ACADEMY PRESS The National Academy Press was created by the National Academy of Sciences ..."

4. Environmental Epidemiologyby National Research Council by National Research Council (1992)
"ISBN 0-309-04284-4; 1991,344 pages, 6x9, index, hardbound NATIONAL ACADEMY PRESS Academy of Sciences to publish the reports issued;-1 Academy and by the ..."

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