book (b k)n. 1. A set of written, printed, or blank pages fastened along one side and encased between protective covers. 2. a. A printed or written literary work. b. A main division of a larger printed or written work: a book of the Old Testament. 3. a. A volume in which financial or business transactions are recorded. b. books Financial or business records considered as a group: checked the expenditures on the books. 4. a. A libretto. b. The script of a play. 5. Book a. The Bible. b. The Koran. 6. a. A set of prescribed standards or rules on which decisions are based: runs the company by the book. b. Something regarded as a source of knowledge or understanding. c. The total amount of experience, knowledge, understanding, and skill that can be used in solving a problem or performing a task: We used every trick in the book to finish the project on schedule. d. Informal Factual information, especially of a private nature: What's the book on him? 7. A packet of like or similar items bound together: a book of matches. 8. A record of bets placed on a race. 9. Games The number of card tricks needed before any tricks can have scoring value, as the first six tricks taken by the declaring side in bridge. v. booked, book·ing, books v.tr. 1. To list or register in or as if in a book. 2. a. To record charges against (a person) on a police blotter. b. Sports To record the flagrant fouls of (a player) for possible disciplinary action, as in soccer. 3. To arrange for (tickets or lodgings, for example) in advance; reserve. 4. To hire or engage: The manager booked a magic show for Saturday night. 5. To allocate time for. v.intr. To make a reservation: Book early if you want good seats. adj. Idioms: 1. Of or relating to knowledge learned from books rather than actual experience: has book smarts but not street smarts. 2. Appearing in a company's financial records: book profits. bring to book To demand an explanation from; call to account. in (one's) book In one's opinion: In my book they both are wrong. like a book Thoroughly; completely: I know my child like a book. one for the books A noteworthy act or occurrence. throw the book at 1. To make all possible charges against (a lawbreaker, for example). 2. To reprimand or punish severely. [Middle English bok, from Old English b  c; see bh go- in Indo-European roots.]book  er n.Synonyms: book, bespeak, engage, reserve These verbs mean to cause something to be set aside in advance, as for one's use or possession: will book a hotel room; made sure their selections were bespoken; engaged a box for the opera season; reserving a table at a restaurant. Word History: From an etymological perspective, book and beech are branches of the same tree. The Germanic root of both words is *b k-, ultimately from an Indo-European root meaning "beech tree." The Old English form of book is bc, from Germanic *bk-, "written document, book." The Old English form of beech is b ce, from Germanic *bk-jn, "beech tree," because the early Germanic peoples used strips of beech wood to write on. A similar semantic development occurred in Latin. The Latin word for book is liber, whence library. Liber, however, originally meant "bark" that is, the smooth inner bark of a tree, which the early Romans likewise used to write on. |
Books
a shortened or condensed form of a book, article, etc.
a supplement or appendix added to a book or other written work.
1. a commonplace book.
2. a miscellany, in published or other collected form.
2. a miscellany, in published or other collected form.
bibliogony. — bibliogenetic, adj.
a person who possesses an encyclopedie knowledge of books and bibliography. — bibliognostic, adj.
the making of books; book production. Also bibliogenesis.
1. the science that studies the history of books, noting their physical description, publication, and editions.
2. a list of books on a particular subject or by a particular author.
3. a list of source materials used or consulted in the preparation of a work or referred to in the text. — bibliographer, n. — bibliographic, bibliographical, adj.
2. a list of books on a particular subject or by a particular author.
3. a list of source materials used or consulted in the preparation of a work or referred to in the text. — bibliographer, n. — bibliographic, bibliographical, adj.
an abnormal compulsion to steal books. Cf. bibliomania. — biblioklept, n.
a person who is excessively fond of books. See also bible.
the worship of books, especially the Bible.
1. the history of books; bibliography.
2. the study of the doctrines of the Bible. — bibliologist, n.
2. the study of the doctrines of the Bible. — bibliologist, n.
a form of divination using books, especially the Bible, in which passages are chosen at random and the future foretold from them.
an excessive fondness for acquiring and possessing books. — bibliomaniac, n. — bibliomaniacal, adj.
the art of binding books. — bibliopegist, n. — bibliopegic. adj.
a bookworm (literally, ’bookeater’). — bibliophagy, n. — bibliophagous, adj.
a love for books, especially for first or fine editions. — bibliophile, bibliophilist, n. — bibliophilic, adj.
a person who fears and distrusts books.
an abnormal dislike for books.
the selling of books, especially rare or secondhand volumes. — bibliopole, bibliopolist, n. — bibliopolic, adj.
the hoarding or hiding of books, often under lock and key. — bibliotaph. n. — bibliotaphic, adj.
a librarian.
the therapeutic use of reading material in the treatment of nervous diseases. — bibliotherapist, n. — bibliotherapeutic, adj.
Catholicism. a book containing the prayers, lessons, etc., needed by a priest for the reading of his daily office.
1. a book containing charters.
2. the official in charge of such a book.
2. the official in charge of such a book.
a miscellany of passages from an author or authors, sometimes assembled for teaching purposes.
1. an inscription, formerly at the end of a book but now usually on the title page, with information about the book’s publication and production.
2. an ornamental device or printer’s or publisher’s trademark.
2. an ornamental device or printer’s or publisher’s trademark.
encyclopedia. — cyclopedist, cyclopaedist, n. — cyclopedic, cyclopaedic, adj.
a book of passages from Greek and Latin authors, used for study.
a list of books sought by a collector or library.
the process of revision or editing books or other written material. — diaskeuast, n.
the lining of the covers of a book, often decorated, as with marbled papers, gold tooiing at the edges, etc.
the state of being notched at the edge or the process of notching at the edge, as some leaves or the page of a book, particularly a reference work with thumbindexing.
a handbook or manual.
a book or set of books containing detailed knowledge and information about a variety of fxelds or subfields; an exhaustive work of learning 01 knowledge. Also called cyclopedia, cyclopaedia. — encyclopedist, encyclopaedist, n. — encyclopedie, encyclopaedic, encyclopedical, encyclopaedical, adj.
a book of etymologies; any treatise on the derivation of words.
the beginning or introductory part of a book or other printed work, or of a discourse.
an installment of a book or journal that is published in parts.
the numbering of leaves in a book, rather than pages.
any book of prescribed forms, as prayers, oaths, etc. See also drugs.
1. the augmentation of the illustrative material in a book by prints, sketches, and engravings not found in the original edition.
2. the mutilation of books to acquire extra illustrative materials. — grangerize, v.
2. the mutilation of books to acquire extra illustrative materials. — grangerize, v.
any of the rare, early examples of movabletype editions printed in the last part of the 15th century, as Caxton’s editions of Chaucer and Malory. — incunabula, n. pl. — incunabulist, n. — incunabular, adj.
Archaic. a book illustrator or one who illuminates manuscripts.
notes written in the margins of a book, as by a student.
a varied collection, particularly a collection of literary works, extracts, fragments, etc., in book form. — miscellaneous, adj.
a book, treatise, or other written work of a scholarly nature dealing with one specific subject. Also, Rare. monography. — monographer, n. — monographic, monographical, adj.
Obsolete, a list or glossary, arranged alphabetically, of the terms or words particular to any art or science or other special field or subject. Also nomenclature. See also classification; names.
1. the process of numbering the pages of a book.
2. the number and arrangement of pages, as might be noted in a bookseller’s catalogue.
2. the number and arrangement of pages, as might be noted in a bookseller’s catalogue.
a piece of parchment or vellum from which earlier writing has been erased or scraped off to allow for reuse. — palimpsestic, adj.
a supplement to a book or other work containing material previously omitted.
a list or directory of peers, usually with genealogies, as Burke’s Peerage.
a lover of books; bibliophile.
the use of photography as an aid to book description.
a book written in several languages. See also language. — polyglot, polyglottic, polyglottous, adj.
a preface, preamble, or brief introduction, as to a book or other work.
a preliminary rem ark or introduction, as to a speech; the foreword to a book or treatise. — prolegomenary, prolegomenous, adj.
1. the preparation of a work for publication, as by editing or revising.
2. a work so treated, an edited version. — redactor, n. — redactorial, adj.
2. a work so treated, an edited version. — redactor, n. — redactorial, adj.
in the early days of printing, a capital letter, group of words, etc., printed in red or in decorative lettering; hence, a heading, title, or subtitle in a book or other printed work. — rubric, adj. — rubricator, n.
a marginal note or comment, especially in an appendix, providing explanation of a Greek or Latin text. Also scholy. — scholiast, n.
a work containing all available versions and variants of a text to enable scholars to compare them and study the development of the work. — variorum, adj.
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