paperback
noun
a book bound in a flexible paper cover, often a lower-priced edition of a hardcover book.
paperbacks
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pluralof paperback.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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"But I love the smell of a new book and holding them. I love the colours, some of the covers are just so beautiful, I buy those as paperbacks."
From BBC ● May 24, 2026
The first was commercial: the rise of paperbacks and mall bookstores.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 13, 2026
The English-language books that are selling abroad are generally cheap paperbacks, printed by American and British publishers as export editions.
From New York Times ● Jun. 7, 2024
A short distance away is a shelf of vintage mystery paperbacks that, when pressed in the correct spots, opens onto a kind of grotto.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 4, 2024
I think of my pile of old paperbacks, their pages gone wobbly, like they’d once belonged to the sea.
From "Never Let Me Go" by Kazuo Ishiguro
