Book

[bʊk]

Definition

(noun.) physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together; 'he used a large book as a doorstop'.

(noun.) a number of sheets (ticket or stamps etc.) bound together on one edge; 'he bought a book of stamps'.

(noun.) a major division of a long written composition; 'the book of Isaiah'.

(noun.) a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together); 'I am reading a good book on economics'.

(noun.) a collection of rules or prescribed standards on the basis of which decisions are made; 'they run things by the book around here'.

(noun.) a collection of playing cards satisfying the rules of a card game.

(verb.) engage for a performance; 'Her agent had booked her for several concerts in Tokyo'.

(verb.) record a charge in a police register; 'The policeman booked her when she tried to solicit a man'.

(verb.) register in a hotel booker.

Editor: Myra--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) 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.

(n.) A composition, written or printed; a treatise.

(n.) A part or subdivision of a treatise or literary work; as, the tenth book of "Paradise Lost."

(n.) A volume or collection of sheets in which accounts are kept; a register of debts and credits, receipts and expenditures, etc.

(n.) Six tricks taken by one side, in the game of whist; in certain other games, two or more corresponding cards, forming a set.

(v. t.) To enter, write, or register in a book or list.

(v. t.) 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.

(v. t.) To mark out for; to destine or assign for; as, he is booked for the valedictory.

Checker: Wilmer

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. Work, volume.

Edited by Ivan

Definition

n. a collection of sheets of paper bound together either printed written on or blank: a literary composition: a division of a volume or subject: the Bible: a betting-book or record of bets made with different people: (fig.) any source of instruction: the libretto of an opera &c.: (pl.) formal accounts of transactions as minutes of meetings records kept of his business by a merchant.—v.t. to write in a book.—ns. Book′-account′ an account of debt or credit in a book; Book′binder one who binds books; Book′binding the art or practice of binding or putting the boards on books; Book′-case a case with shelves for books; Book′-club an association of persons who buy new books for circulation among themselves; Book′-debt a debt for articles charged by the seller in his book-account.—adj. Book′ful full of information gathered from books.—ns. Book′-hold′er one who holds the book of the play and prompts the actor in the theatre; Book′-hunt′er one who rejoices in discovering rare books; Book′ing-of′fice an office where names are booked or tickets are taken.—adj. Book′ish fond of books: acquainted only with books.—ns. Book′ishness; Book′-keep′ing the art of keeping accounts in a regular and systematic manner; Book′-land land taken from the folcland or common land and granted by b馿i> or written charter to a private owner; Book′-learn′ing learning got from books as opposed to practical knowledge.—adj. Book′less without books unlearned.—ns. Book′let a small book; Book′-mak′er one who makes up books from the writings of others a compiler: one who makes a system of bets in such a way that the gains must exceed the losses entering them in a memorandum book; Book′-mak′ing the art or practice of compiling books from the writings of others: compilation: systematic betting; Book′-man a scholar student; Book′-mark something placed in a book to mark a particular page or passage; Book′-mate (Shak.) a mate or companion in the study of books: a schoolfellow; Book′-mus′lin muslin used in bookbinding; Book′-oath (Shak.) an oath made on the Book or Bible; Book′plate a label usually pasted inside the cover of a book bearing the owner's name crest coat-of-arms or peculiar device; Book′-post the department in the Post-office for the transmission of books; Book′seller one who sells books; Book′selling; Book′shelf a shelf on which books are placed; Book′shop a shop where books are sold; Book′-stall a stall or stand generally in the open air where books are sold; Book′-stand a book-stall: a stand or support for holding up a book when reading; Book′-trade the trade of dealing in books; Book′worm a worm or mite that eats holes in books: a hard reader: one who reads without discrimination or profit.—To be upon the books to have one's name in an official list; To bring to book to bring to account; To take a leaf out of another's book to follow the example of some one; To talk like a book to talk pedantically or in a preternaturally well-informed manner.

Edited by Guthrie