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softbacked

softbacked adjective: having a flexible binding of card or similar; softback.

Adjective

softbacked (not comparable)

  1. Having a flexible binding of card or similar; softback.
    • He opened a blue softbacked book, and as I looked at the page he ran a finger down it […]1997, Eamon Collins, Killing Rage, page 292

Origin of softbacked

From soft + backed.

Questions about softbacked

What does softbacked mean?
Softbacked means having a flexible binding of card or similar; softback.
What part of speech is softbacked?
Softbacked is an adjective.

Words near softbacked in the dictionary

  1. softa
  2. Softail
  3. Softails
  4. softas
  5. softback
  6. softbacked
  7. softbacks
  8. softball
  9. softballer
  10. softballers
  11. softballs

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