compendiumnoun [ C ]
usuk/kəmˈpen.di.əm/plural compendiums or compendia uk/-ə/usa short but complete account of a particular subject, especially in the form of a book:
the Gardener's Compendium
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Books: kinds of books
- abridge
- annual
- anthology
- audiobook
- autobiography
- backlist
- bestiary
- e-reader
- exercise book
- fiction
- flipback
- folio
- glossy
- manuscript
- novella
- page-turner
- paperback
- photo album
- picture book
- travelogue
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