hdbk

English

Alternative forms

• hbk, hbk.
• hdbk.

Adjective

hdbk (not comparable)

1. Abbreviation of hardback.
   • 1960, Consolidated Translation Survey, National Agricultural Library (U.S.), page 82:

     NCO's Handbook for Protective Training, 50 pp. GERMAN, hdbk

   • 1981, Government Publications, Her Majesty’s Stationery Office, page 177:

     London: Octopus Books; 396p.; ill. (some col.), maps, tables; 23cm; index [0 7064 0580 3] 500g; £ 2.99, 0 7064 0679 6; hdbk ed., sold by HMSO

   • 1999, “Other related titles from The Policy Press include:”, in Bill Edgar, Joe Doherty, Amy Mina-Coull, Services for Homeless People: Innovation and Change in the European Union, The Policy Press, →ISBN:

     Homelessness: Exploring the new terrain (1999: forthcoming) / Edited by Patricia Kennett and Alex Marsh / ISBN 1 86134 1504 £18.99 pbk / ISBN 1 86134 167 9 £45.00 hdbk

Noun

hdbk (plural hdbks)

1. Abbreviation of hardback.
2. Abbreviation of handbook.