noun1. a number of printed or written pages bound together along one edge and usually protected by thick paper or stiff pasteboard covers
See also hardback, paperback 2. a. a written work or composition, such as a novel, technical manual, or dictionary
b. (as modifier)
the book trade
book reviews
c. (in combination)
bookseller
bookshop
bookshelf
bookrack
3. a number of blank or ruled sheets of paper bound together, used to record lessons, keep accounts, etc
4. (plural) a record of the transactions of a business or society
5. the script of a play or the libretto of an opera, musical, etc
6. a major division of a written composition, as of a long novel or of the Bible
7. a number of tickets, sheets, stamps, etc, fastened together along one edge
8. bookmaking a record of the bets made on a horse race or other event
9. (in card games) the number of tricks that must be taken by a side or player before any trick has a scoring value
in bridge, six of the 13 tricks form the book
10. strict or rigid regulations, rules, or standards (esp in the phrases according to the book, by the book)
11. a source of knowledge or authority
the book of life
12. a telephone directory (in the phrase in the book)
13. the book
14. an open book
15. a closed book
16. bring to book
17. close the book on
18. close the books
19. cook the books
20. in my book
21. in someone's bad books
22. in someone's good books
23. keep the books
24. on the books
25. read someone like a book
26. throw the book at
verb27. to reserve (a place, passage, etc) or engage the services of (a performer, driver, etc) in advance
to book a flight
to book a band
28. (transitive) to take the name and address of (a person guilty of a minor offence) with a view to bringing a prosecution
he was booked for ignoring a traffic signal
29. (transitive) (of a football referee) to take the name of (a player) who grossly infringes the rules while playing, two such acts resulting in the player's dismissal from the field
30. (transitive) archaic to record in a book