hbk

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A form of hardback — A book with a solid binding.

UncommonScrabble 12

Meanings

hbk1

adjectivehbk (not comparable)

alternative hbk. · alternative hdbk · alternative hdbk.

  1. abbreviationnot comparableAbbreviation of hardback.

    Hbk editions of pbk books on offer are available on request.

    1987, Africa Today, page 3
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    Undergraduate Algebra by C. W. Norman, Oxford UP, pp 416, £30 hbk, £15 pbk.

    1987 April 30, New Scientist, number 1558, page 62

    (The Bodley Head hbk editions present James’ work in the final form in which he published it in 1907-9, with the celebrated prefaces).

    1989, Waterstone’s Guide to Books, page 341

    Van Huyssteen, J.W. 2006. Alone in the world? Human uniqueness in science and theology. hbk edition.

    2015, Dirk Evers, Michael Fuller, Antje Jackelén, Knut-Willy Sæther, editors, Issues in Science and Theology: What is Life? (Issues in Science and Religion: Publications of the European Society for the Study of Science and Theology), Springer International Publishing Switzerland, →ISBN, page 202

HBK2

proper noun
  1. abbreviationinitialismInitialism of Heartbreak Kid.

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