book
a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together)
How often you will meet it
Rank 516 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 38,351 times across 173,849 chapters — 0.018% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 1,000 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
noun
- a written work or composition that has been published (printed on pages bound together) I am reading a good book on economics
- physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together also: volume he used a large book as a doorstop
- a compilation of the known facts regarding something or someone also: record, record book Al Smith used to say, `Let's look at the record'his name is in all the record books
- a written version of a play or other dramatic composition; used in preparing for a performance also: script, playscript
- a record in which commercial accounts are recorded also: ledger, leger, account book, book of account they got a subpoena to examine our books
- a collection of playing cards satisfying the rules of a card game
book in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Music is provided for a few of the songs in this book.
The White Christmas and other Merry · Walter Ben Hare · Chapter 1
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There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book.
The Picture of Dorian Gray · Oscar Wilde · Chapter 1
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And with this sapient, but unsatisfactory conclusion, he opened his book, and read aloud, to keep up his courage.
Sketches by Seymour — Volume 04 · Robert Seymour · Chapter 1
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I am an author, that is to say, I have written a book, and have lately published it at my own expense.
Punch — Volume 99, August 16, 1890 · Various · Chapter 1
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I thought no more about it till I got into the sleigh again that evening, and saw the book in Frome’s hand.
Ethan Frome · Edith Wharton · Chapter 1