softbound

[ sawft-bound, soft- ]

noun

1. paperback ( defs 1, 2 ).

Word History and Origins

Origin of softbound¹

First recorded in 1950–55; soft + bound ¹

Example Sentences

Its fabulous softbound catalog records the show’s own superb design, by the artist Nick Mauss, who also made all the unique stenciled-cloth covers.

From New York Times

The result was “Red Lips, Attitudes and Other Obsessions,” a small, softbound zine of work from throughout her career, whose covers Ms. Koller, her assistant and her children hand-plastered with stickers for a gonzo touch.

From New York Times

He kept the books in a drawer in a table beside his bed, and I used to open the drawer and look at them, especially the Bible, with its softbound leather cover and marbled end pages, and wonder what he used it for, what it did for him—that is, what secret did it contain?

From The New Yorker

He does have a few softbound books in his collection, bending his rule if that’s the only way he could complete a writer’s catalog.

From Washington Times

He kept the books in a drawer in a table beside his bed, and I used to open the drawer and look at them, especially the Bible, with its softbound leather cover and marbled end pages, and wonder what he used it for, what it did for him—that is, what secret did it contain?

From The New Yorker