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hardbound

American  
[hahrd-bound] / 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

Example Sentences

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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

At Anat Ebgi gallery in Culver City, all but one of the L.A. painter’s canvases depict a hardbound art catalog resting on a creamy white surface.

From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2019

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

From Slate • Jan. 12, 2015

There was also, poignantly now, a slender, hardbound history of Centralia, prepared to mark the town’s centenary just before the outbreak of the fire.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson

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