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soft cover

/sɔftˈkʌvər/
adjective
  1. Describing a book that has a flexible paper or card cover, not a hard board cover.
    • She bought a soft-cover guidebook for her trip to Paris.
    • I prefer soft-cover textbooks because they are lighter to carry.
    • The store sells both hardcover and soft-cover editions of the novel.
noun
  1. A book with a flexible paper or card cover; a paperback.
    • He collected soft-covers of all his favorite science fiction novels.
    • The soft-cover was much cheaper than the hardcover version.
    • I found a used soft-cover of that cookbook at the library sale.
Synonyms
paperback
Antonyms
hardbackhardcover