hardcover | sense examples, Usage and Definition from wordnet dictionary online

Adjective hardcover has 1 sense

hardbacked, hardback, hardbound, hardcover - having a hard back or cover; "hardback books"
Antonym: backless (indirect, via backed)

,Noun hardcover has 1 sense

hardback, hardcover - a book with cardboard or cloth or leather covers
--₁ is a kind of book, volume