book

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Pronunciation
/buːk/
/buːk/
Noun
14 definition(s)
1 Definition

A collection of sheets of paper bound together to hinge at one edge, containing printed or written material, pictures, etc.

Example Sentences
  • He was frustrated because he couldn't find anything about dinosaurs in the book.
2 Definition

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.

Example Sentences
  • I have three copies of his first book.
3 Definition

A major division of a long work.

Synonyms
tome volume
Example Sentences
  • Genesis is the first book of the Bible.
4 Definition

A record of betting (from the use of a notebook to record what each person has bet).

Example Sentences
  • I'm running a book on who is going to win the race.
5 Definition

A convenient collection, in a form resembling a book, of small paper items for individual use.

Synonyms
booklet
Example Sentences
  • a book of raffle tickets
6 Definition

The script of a musical or opera.

Synonyms
libretto
7 Definition

(usually in the plural) Records of the accounts of a business.

Synonyms
account record
8 Definition

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).

9 Definition

(whist) Six tricks taken by one side.

10 Definition

Four of a kind

11 Definition

A document, held by the referee, of the incidents happened in the game.

12 Definition

(by extension) A list of all players who have been booked (received a warning) in a game.

13 Definition

The twenty-sixth Lenormand card.

14 Definition

Any source of instruction.

Verb
18 definition(s)
1 Definition

To reserve (something) for future use.

Synonyms
reserve
Example Sentences
  • I can book tickets for the concert next week.
2 Definition

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
Example Sentences
  • They booked that message from the hill
3 Definition

(law enforcement) To record the name and other details of a suspected offender and the offence for later judicial action.

Example Sentences
  • The police booked him for driving too fast.
4 Definition

To issue with a caution, usually a yellow card, or a red card if a yellow card has already been issued.

5 Definition

To travel very fast.

Synonyms
bomb hurtle rocket shoot speed whiz
Example Sentences
  • He was really booking, until he passed the speed trap.
6 Definition

To record bets as bookmaker.

7 Definition

(law student slang) To receive the highest grade in a class.

Example Sentences
  • The top three students had a bet on which one was going to book their intellectual property class.
8 Definition

To leave.

Example Sentences
  • He was here earlier, but he booked.
9 Definition

(with person as subject) To cook (something) in an oven.

Example Sentences
  • I baked a delicious cherry pie.
10 Definition

(with baked thing as subject) To be cooked in an oven.

Example Sentences
  • The cake baked at 350°F.
11 Definition

To be warmed to drying and hardening.

Example Sentences
  • The clay baked in the sun.
12 Definition

To dry by heat.

Example Sentences
  • They baked the electrical parts lightly to remove moisture.
13 Definition

To be hot.

Example Sentences
  • I'm baking after that workout in the gym.
14 Definition

To cause to be hot.

15 Definition

To smoke marijuana.

16 Definition

To harden by cold.

17 Definition

To fix (lighting, reflections, etc.) as part of the texture of an object to improve rendering performance.

18 Definition

(with "in" or "into") To incorporate into something greater.