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SOFT-COVER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does soft-cover mean?
• SOFT-COVER (noun)
The noun SOFT-COVER has 1 sense:
1. a book with paper covers
Familiarity information: SOFT-COVER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A book with paper covers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
paper-back book; paperback; paperback book; soft-cover; soft-cover book; softback; softback book
Hypernyms ("soft-cover" is a kind of...):
book; volume (physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "soft-cover"):
pocket book; pocket edition; pocketbook (pocket-sized paperback book)
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