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trade paperback

trade paperback noun: a softcover edition of a previously hardcover book, usually produced with the exact same text as the hardcover.

Noun

trade paperback (plural trade paperbacks)

  1. A softcover edition of a previously hardcover book, usually produced with the exact same text as the hardcover.
  2. A paperback book that is in one of the standard sizes for small paperbacks, generally for genre fiction.
  3. A type of comic book primarily containing previously published material, traditionally in a periodical format, and bound together as one work, or part of a series itself.

Forms of trade paperback

pluraltrade paperbacks

Questions about trade paperback

What does trade paperback mean?
Trade paperback means a softcover edition of a previously hardcover book, usually produced with the exact same text as the hardcover.
What part of speech is trade paperback?
Trade paperback is a noun.
What is the plural of trade paperback?
The plural of trade paperback is trade paperbacks.

Words near trade paperback in the dictionary

  1. trade newspaper
  2. trade newspapers
  3. trade off
  4. trade paint
  5. trade paper
  6. trade paperback
  7. trade paperbacks
  8. trade papers
  9. trade places
  10. trade plate
  11. trade press

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