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ALBUM
album
(noun) a book of blank pages with pockets or envelopes; for organizing photographs or stamp collections etc
album, record album
(noun) one or more recordings issued together; originally released on 12-inch phonograph records (usually with attractive record covers) and later on cassette audiotape and compact disc
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
album (plural albums or alba)
A book specially designed to keep photographs, stamps, or autographs.
A collection, especially of literary items
A phonograph record that is composed of several tracks
A jacket or cover for such a phonograph record.
A group of audio recordings, on any medium, intended for distribution as a group.
(historical) In Ancient Rome, a white tablet or register on which the praetor's edicts and other public notices were recorded.
Synonyms
• disk
• disc
• LP
• long-playing
Source: Wiktionary
Al"bum, n. Etym: [L., neut. of albus white: cf. F. album. Cf. Alb.]
1. (Rom. Antiq.)
Definition: A white tablet on which anything was inscribed, as a list of names, etc.
2. A register for visitors' names; a visitors' book.
3. A blank book, in which to insert autographs sketches, memorial writing of friends, photographs, etc.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
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