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Definition of paperback noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

paperback

noun
 
/ˈpeɪpəbæk/
 
/ˈpeɪpərbæk/
[countable, uncountable]
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  1. a book that has a thick paper cover
    • a cheap paperback
    • in paperback When is it coming out in paperback?
    • a paperback book/edition
    compare hardback
    Extra Examples
    • The book is to be published as an original paperback.
    • The paperback came out in June.
    • the demand for mass-market paperbacks
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    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • mass-market
    • trade
    verb + paperback
    • read
    • come out in
    paperback + verb
    • come out
    paperback + noun
    • book
    • copy
    • edition
    preposition
    • in paperback
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