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hardbound

American  
[hahrd-baund] / ˈhɑrdˈbaʊnd /

adjective

  1. (of a book) bound with a stiff cover, usually of cloth or leather; casebound.


Etymology

Origin of hardbound

First recorded in 1725–35; hard + bound 1


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Yet here, on the Berliners’ own label, is a deluxe set of 24 discs, complete with lavish hardbound book, featuring Karajan and the orchestra in radio broadcasts from 1953 through 1969.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 23, 2025

I have nice, hardbound editions of 'The Iliad,' 'The Odyssey,' 'The Aeneid' and others.

From Salon ● Jul. 1, 2020

Extensively researched, the 400-page hardbound book highlights the artists within while rescuing from history dozens of essential photographs of musicians in their element.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2015

Absent the defining consumer product—a hardbound Webster’s Third or a pressed vinyl Sgt.

From Slate ● Jan. 12, 2015

She takes the hardbound green volume, with gold lettering and a line drawing of a girl with abundant red hair in a chignon on the front, and opens it.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline

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