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Book   /bʊk/   Listen
Book

noun
1.
A written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together).
2.
Physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together.  Synonym: volume.
3.
A compilation of the known facts regarding something or someone.  Synonyms: record, record book.  "His name is in all the record books"
4.
A written version of a play or other dramatic composition; used in preparing for a performance.  Synonyms: playscript, script.
5.
A record in which commercial accounts are recorded.  Synonyms: account book, book of account, ledger, leger.
6.
A collection of playing cards satisfying the rules of a card game.
7.
A collection of rules or prescribed standards on the basis of which decisions are made.  Synonym: rule book.
8.
The sacred writings of Islam revealed by God to the prophet Muhammad during his life at Mecca and Medina.  Synonyms: al-Qur'an, Koran, Quran.
9.
The sacred writings of the Christian religions.  Synonyms: Bible, Christian Bible, Good Book, Holy Scripture, Holy Writ, Scripture, Word, Word of God.
10.
A major division of a long written composition.
11.
A number of sheets (ticket or stamps etc.) bound together on one edge.
verb
(past & past part. booked; pres. part. booking)
1.
Engage for a performance.
2.
Arrange for and reserve (something for someone else) in advance.  Synonyms: hold, reserve.  "The agent booked tickets to the show for the whole family" , "Please hold a table at Maxim's"
3.
Record a charge in a police register.
4.
Register in a hotel booker.



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"Book" Quotes from Famous Books



... papers, which are now preserved at Hatfield House, the Record Office, the British Museum, etc. Those in the British Museum, which consist of one hundred and twenty-one folio volumes of state papers and the miscellaneous correspondence of Lord Burghley, together with his private note-book and journals, passed from Sir Michael Hickes, one of the statesman's secretaries, to a descendant, Sir William Hickes, by whom they were sold to Chiswell, the bookseller, and by him to Strype, the historian. On Strype's death they came into the hands of James West, and from his executors ...
— English Book Collectors • William Younger Fletcher

... In this little book we cannot afford room for a description of each, but must confine our remarks to what is more properly our subject—the wild-asses of Africa. Of these there are six ...
— The Bush Boys - History and Adventures of a Cape Farmer and his Family • Captain Mayne Reid

... well," answered Flint. He had once more taken out his little morocco-covered note book, and was now jotting down some further memoranda. "It's a good location. Pipe-lines could easily be extended, from it, to cover practically a quarter to a third of the United States. Eventually we'll put in another plant in Chicago, one in Denver and one on the Pacific Coast. Then, ...
— The Air Trust • George Allan England

... order in which the different departments should he studied, we have had preserved to us the actual words of Chrysippus in his fourth book on Lives. 'First of all then it seems to me that, as has been rightly said by the ancients, there are three heads under which the speculations of the philosopher fall, logic, ethic, physic; next, that of these the logical ...
— A Little Book of Stoicism • St George Stock

... over the edge of the book. I understood that he refused to let me in. And, after all, why should I disturb that dying man? The news about him was that he felt stronger that day. But he was preparing for eternity. Father Antonio's business was to save souls. I felt horribly crushed and alone. The priest asked, ...
— Romance • Joseph Conrad and F.M. Hueffer


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