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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