hardbound

adjective

hard·​bound ˈhärd-ˌbau̇nd How to pronounce hardbound (audio)
: hardcover

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This question is prompted by a slender hardbound copy currently on view at the Grolier Club. — Jonathon Keats, Forbes, 30 Dec. 2024 Winslow’s latest effort, The Final Score, is a hardbound collection of six short novels. — Fred Schruers, Rolling Stone, 26 Jan. 2026 Bookstores were still, in many communities, elite institutions carrying hardbound books for wealthy customers. — Gioia Woods, Literary Hub, 6 Feb. 2026 In 2019, the duo turned the On Cinema comedy series into a deluxe, hardbound, episode-by-episode book. — Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 1 Oct. 2025 In the Haymarket, one of Beaverbrook’s first-floor suites, vintage Oscar Wilde posters coexist with a hardbound edition of the defunct British quarterly The Yellow Book. — Sheila Yasmin Marikar, Air Mail, 24 Jan. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1906, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of hardbound was in 1906

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“Hardbound.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/hardbound. Accessed 10 Jul. 2026.

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