Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

hbk

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.21 in modern English

Syllables: hbk
IPA

12

Scrabble Score

3

Letters

1

Syllables

3

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Abbreviation of hardback.

name

Initialism of Heartbreak Kid.

Example Sentences

"Hbk editions of pbk books on offer are available on request."
"Undergraduate Algebra by C. W. Norman, Oxford UP, pp 416, £30 hbk, £15 pbk."
"(The Bodley Head hbk editions present James’ work in the final form in which he published it in 1907-9, with the celebrated prefaces)."
"Van Huyssteen, J.W. 2006. Alone in the world? Human uniqueness in science and theology. hbk edition."

Inflected Forms

hbk. (alternative) hdbk (alternative) hdbk. (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

pbk ebk

Questions

What does hbk mean?: Abbreviation of hardback.

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