Etymology : Middle English, from Old English bOc; akin to Old High German buoh book, Gothic boka letter
Pronunciation : buk
Function : noun
Date : before 12th century
1. printed work which is bound together; publication; notebook; bundle, set of things (such as:stamps, matches, tickets and more) bound together. record, inscribe; indicate; order in advance; reserve.
2. to run, to get away.
3. to leave. book\book\ (b&oocr;k), n. [oe. book, bok, as. bōc; akin to goth. bōka a letter, in pl. book, writing, icel. bōk, sw. bok, dan. bog, os. bōk, d. boek, ohg. puoh, g. buch; and fr. as. bōc, bēce, beech; because the ancient saxons and germans in general wrote runes on pieces of beechen board. cf. beech.].
4. 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.
5. 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.
6. a part or subdivision of a treatise or literary work; as, the tenth book of "paradise lost.".
7. a volume or collection of sheets in which accounts are kept; a register of debts and credits, receipts and expenditures, etc.
8. 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."book louse (zo?l.), one of several species of minute, wingless insects injurious to books and papers. they belong to the pseudoneuroptera.book moth (zo?l.), the name of several species of moths, the larv? of which eat books.book oath, an oath made on the book, or bible.
9. 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.
10. A composition, written or printed; a treatise.
11. A part or subdivision of a treatise or literary work; as, the tenth book of "Paradise Lost." A volume or collection of sheets in which accounts are kept; a register of debts and credits, receipts and expenditures, etc.
12. Six tricks taken by one side, in the game of whist; in certain other games, two or more corresponding cards, forming a set.
13. To enter, write, or register in a book or list.
14. To enter the name of 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.
15. To mark out for; to destine or assign for; as, he is booked for the valedictory. physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together; "he used a large book as a doorstop" a number of sheets bound together on one edge; "he bought a book of stamps" a major division of a long written composition; "the book of Isaiah" a written work or composition that has been published ; "I am reading a good book on economics" a collection of rules or prescribed standards on the basis of which decisions are made; "they run things by the book around here" engage for a performance; "Her agent had booked her for several concerts in Tokyo" record a charge in a police register; "The policeman booked her when she tried to solicit a man" register in a hotel booker.
16. 1. A book is a number of pieces of paper, usually with words printed on them, which are fastened together and fixed inside a cover of stronger paper or cardboard. Books contain information, stories, or poetry, for example. His eighth book came out earlier this year and was an instant best-seller the author of a book on politics. reference books.
17. A book of something such as stamps, matches, or tickets is a small number of them fastened together between thin cardboard covers. Can I have a book of first class stamps please?.
18. When you book something such as a hotel room or a ticket, you arrange to have it or use it at a particular time. British officials have booked hotel rooms for the women and children Laurie revealed she had booked herself a flight home last night. three-star restaurants that are normally booked for months in advance. = reserve.
19. A company's or organization's books are its records of money that has been spent and earned or of the names of people who belong to it. For the most part he left the books to his managers and accountants Around 12 per cent of the people on our books are in the computing industry.
20. When a referee books a football player who has seriously broken the rules of the game, he or she officially writes down the player's name. League referee Keith Cooper booked him in the first half for a tussle with the goalie.
21. When a police officer books someone, he or she officially records their name and the offence that they may be charged with. They took him to the station and booked him for assault with a deadly weapon. = charge.
22. In a very long written work such as the Bible, a book is one of the sections into which it is divided. see also:
booking, cheque book, phone book.
23. If you bring someone to book, you punish them for an offence or make them explain their behaviour officially. Police should be asked to investigate so that the guilty can be brought to book soon.
24. If you say that someone or something is a closed book, you mean that you do not know anything about them. Frank Spriggs was a very able man but something of a closed book Economics was a closed book to him.
25. If a hotel, restaurant, theatre, or transport service is fully booked, or booked solid, it is booked up. The car ferries from the mainland are often fully booked by February.
26. In my book means `in my opinion' or `according to my beliefs'. The greatest manager there has ever been, or ever will be in my book, is retiring. = to my mind.
27. to cook the books: see:
cook to take a leaf from someone's book: see leaf. Written (or printed) message of considerable length, meant for circulation and recorded on any of various materials that are durable and light enough to be easily portable. The papyrus roll of ancient Egypt is more nearly the direct ancestor of the modern book than is the clay tablet; examples of both date to 3000 BC. Somewhat later, the Chinese independently created an extensive scholarship based on books, many made of wood or bamboo strips bound with cords. Lampblack ink was introduced in China AD 400 and printing from wooden blocks in the 6th century. The Greeks adopted the papyrus roll and passed it on to the Romans. The parchment or vellum codex superseded the papyrus roll by AD 400. Medieval parchment or vellum leaves were prepared from the skins of animals. By the 15th century, paper manuscripts were common. Printing spread rapidly in the late 15th century. Subsequent technical achievements, such as the development of offset printing, improved many aspects of book culture. In the late 1990s, downloadable electronic books became available over the Internet. Book of Changes book club Book of Common Prayer Book of Kells Book of the Dead comic book Domesday Book Godey's Lady's Book International Standard Book Number Mormon Book of Revelation Book of Book of Brightness Book of Splendour Book of the Law Mendele the Book Peddler Four Books.
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