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BOOK
book, volume
(noun) physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together; âhe used a large book as a doorstopâ
book
(noun) a number of sheets (ticket or stamps etc.) bound together on one edge; âhe bought a book of stampsâ
book
(noun) a major division of a long written composition; âthe book of Isaiahâ
book
(noun) a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together); âI am reading a good book on economicsâ
Bible, Christian Bible, Book, Good Book, Holy Scripture, Holy Writ, Scripture, Word of God, Word
(noun) the sacred writings of the Christian religions; âhe went to carry the Word to the heathenâ
Koran, Quran, al-Qur'an, Book
(noun) the sacred writings of Islam revealed by God to the prophet Muhammad during his life at Mecca and Medina
record, record book, book
(noun) a compilation of the known facts regarding something or someone; âAl Smith used to say, âLetâs look at the recordââ; âhis name is in all the record booksâ
script, book, playscript
(noun) a written version of a play or other dramatic composition; used in preparing for a performance
book, rule book
(noun) a collection of rules or prescribed standards on the basis of which decisions are made; âthey run things by the book around hereâ
book
(noun) a collection of playing cards satisfying the rules of a card game
ledger, leger, account book, book of account, book
(noun) a record in which commercial accounts are recorded; âthey got a subpoena to examine our booksâ
book
(verb) engage for a performance; âHer agent had booked her for several concerts in Tokyoâ
book
(verb) record a charge in a police register; âThe policeman booked her when she tried to solicit a manâ
reserve, hold, book
(verb) arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance; âreserve me a seat on a flightâ; âThe agent booked tickets to the show for the whole familyâ; âplease hold a table at Maximâsâ
book
(verb) register in a hotel booker
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
book (plural books)
A collection of sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge, containing printed or written material, pictures, etc.
A long work fit for publication, typically prose, such as a novel or textbook, and typically published as such a bound collection of sheets, but now sometimes electronically as an e-book.
A major division of a long work.
Synonyms: tome, volume
(gambling) A record of betting (from the use of a notebook to record what each person has bet).
A convenient collection, in a form resembling a book, of small paper items for individual use.
Synonym: booklet
(theatre) The script of a musical or opera.
Synonym: libretto
(usually, in the plural) Records of the accounts of a business.
Synonyms: account, record
(legal, colloquial) A book award, a recognition for receiving the highest grade in a class (traditionally an actual book, but recently more likely a letter or certificate acknowledging the achievement).
(whist) Six tricks taken by one side.
(poker slang) four of a kind
(sports) A document, held by the referee, of the incidents happened in the game.
(sports, by extension) A list of all players who have been booked (received a warning) in a game.
(cartomancy) The twenty-sixth Lenormand card.
(figurative) Any source of instruction.
Synonyms
• See book
Hyponyms
• See book
Etymology 2
Verb
book (third-person singular simple present books, present participle booking, simple past and past participle booked)
(transitive) To reserve (something) for future use.
Synonym: reserve
(transitive) To write down, to register or record in a book or as in a book.
Synonyms: make a note of, note down, record, write down
(law enforcement, transitive) To record the name and other details of a suspected offender and the offence for later judicial action.
(sports) To issue with a caution, usually a yellow card, or a red card if a yellow card has already been issued.
(intransitive, slang) To travel very fast.
Synonyms: bomb, hurtle, rocket, speed, shoot, whiz
To record bets as bookmaker.
(transitive, law student slang) To receive the highest grade in a class.
(intransitive, slang) To leave.
Etymology 3
Verb
book
(UK dialectal, Northern England) simple past tense of bake
Anagrams
• Boko, Koob, boko, bĂČkĂČ, kobo
Source: Wiktionary
Book, n. Etym: [OE. book, bok, AS. b; akin to Goth. b a letter, in pl. book, writing, Icel. b, Sw. bok, Dan. bog, OS. b, D. boek, OHG. puoh, G. buch; and fr. AS. b, b, beech; because the ancient Saxons and Germans in general wrote runes on pieces of beechen board. Cf. Beech.]
1. A collection of sheets of paper, or similar material, blank, written, or printed, bound together; commonly, many folded and bound sheets containing continuous printing or writing.
Note: When blank, it is called a blank book. When printed, the term often distinguishes a bound volume, or a volume of some size, from a pamphlet.
Note: It has been held that, under the copyright law, a book is not necessarily a volume made of many sheets bound together; it may be printed on a single sheet, as music or a diagram of patterns. Abbott.
2. A composition, written or printed; a treatise. A good book is the precious life blood of a master spirit, embalmed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life. Milton.
3. A part or subdivision of a treatise or literary work; as, the tenth book of "Paradise Lost."
4. A volume or collection of sheets in which accounts are kept; a register of debts and credits, receipts and expenditures, etc.
5. Six tricks taken by one side, in the game of whist; in certain other games, two or more corresponding cards, forming a set.
Note: Book is used adjectively or as a part of many compounds; as, book buyer, bookrack, book club, book lore, book sale, book trade, memorandum book, cashbook. Book account, an account or register of debt or credit in a book.
– Book debt, a debt for items charged to the debtor by the creditor in his book of accounts.
– Book learning, learning acquired from books, as distinguished from practical knowledge. "Neither does it so much require book learning and scholarship, as good natural sense, to distinguish true and false." Burnet.
– Book louse (Zoöl.), one of several species of minute, wingless insects injurious to books and papers. They belong to the Pseudoneuroptera.
– Book moth (Zoöl.), the name of several species of moths, the larvĂŠ of which eat books.
– Book oath, an oath made on The Book, or Bible.
– The Book of Books, the Bible.
– Book post, a system under which books, bulky manuscripts, etc., may be transmitted by mail.
– Book scorpion (Zoöl.), one of the false scorpions (Chelifer cancroides) found among books and papers. It can run sidewise and backward, and feeds on small insects.
– Book stall, a stand or stall, often in the open air, for retailing books.
– Canonical books. See Canonical.
– In one's books, in one's favor. "I was so much in his books, that at his decease he left me his lamp." Addison.
– To bring to book. (a) To compel to give an account. (b) To compare with an admitted authority. "To bring it manifestly to book is impossible." M. Arnold.
– To course by bell, book, and candle. See under Bell.
– To make a book (Horse Racing), to lay bets (recorded in a pocket book) against the success of every horse, so that the bookmaker wins on all the unsuccessful horses and loses only on the winning horse or horses.
– To speak by the book, to speak with minute exactness.
– Without book. (a) By memory. (b) Without authority.
Book, v. t. [imp & p. p. Booked; p. pr. & vb. n. Booking.]
1. To enter, write, or register in a book or list. Let it be booked with the rest of this day's deeds. Shak.
2. To enter the name of (any one) in a book for the purpose of securing a passage, conveyance, or seat; as, to be booked for Southampton; to book a seat in a theater.
3. To mark out for; to destine or assign for; as, he is booked for the valedictory. [Colloq.] Here I am booked for three days more in Paris. Charles Reade.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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