different between paperback vs turtleback

English

Etymology

paper +? back, a shortening of the older term paper-backed book.

Pronunciation

Noun

paperback (plural paperbacks)

1. A book with flexible binding.

Synonyms

• pocketbook (US), livre de poche (French contexts)

Translations

Adjective

paperback (not comparable)

1. (of a book) Having flexible binding.

Synonyms

• paperbacked, paperbound, softcovered

Translations

Verb

paperback (third-person singular simple present paperbacks, present participle paperbacking, simple past and past participle paperbacked)

1. To issue or publish a book in paperback

See also

• hardback
• pocketbook
• softcover

References

• “paperback”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English paperback.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pe?.p?r?b?k/, [?pe?.p???b?k], [?pe?.p??b?k]
• Hyphenation: pa?per?back

Noun

paperback m (plural paperbacks, diminutive paperbackje n)

1. A paperback.

Adjective

paperback (not comparable)

1. paperback

Inflection

English

Wikispecies

Alternative forms

• turtle-back

Etymology

turtle +? back

Noun

turtleback (plural turtlebacks)

1. Anything having the shape of a turtle's back (that is, its shell).
   • 1975, Poul Anderson, The Winter of the World

     Up he went on concrete stairs that were eroded to turtlebacks and slippery with evening's frost […]

2. (nautical) A convex deck at the bow or stern of a vessel, designed to shed seawater quickly.
3. A primitive stone celt of a form suggesting the back of a turtle.
4. A library binding of a mass market paperback with a generic hardcover.

   (The addition of quotations indicative of this usage is being sought:)

   • 1995, The Georgia Librarian (volumes 32-34)

     When you order Turtleback Books from Baker & Taylor, you can be assured you get Turtlebacks!

5. Any plant of the genus Psathyrotes of annual and perennial forbs and low subshrubs native to dry areas of southwestern North America.

Related terms

• turtle-backed
• turtle-back scale