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songbook

song·book
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [sawng-boo k, song-]
    • /ˈsɔŋˌbʊk, ˈsɒŋ-/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [sawng-boo k, song-]
    • /ˈsɔŋˌbʊk, ˈsɒŋ-/

Definitions of songbook word

  • noun songbook a book of songs with words and music. 1
  • countable noun songbook A songwriter's songbook is all the songs that he or she has written. You can also refer to the songs that a singer performs as their songbook. 0
  • countable noun songbook A songbook is a book containing the words and music of a lot of songs. 0
  • noun songbook a book containing a collection of songs 0
  • noun songbook a book containing a collection of songs, usually including lyrics as well as music 0
  • noun songbook all the songs of a particular composer, period, etc. 0

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Origin of songbook

First appearance:

before 1000
One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; Old English sang-bōc service book (not recorded in ME); see song, book

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Songbook

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

songbook popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 62% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

songbook usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for songbook

noun songbook

  • music paper — paper ruled or printed with a stave for writing music
  • hymnal — Also called hymnbook [him-boo k] /ˈhɪmˌbʊk/ (Show IPA). a book of hymns for use in a religious service.
  • hymnbook — (British) A book containing a collection of hymns.

Top questions with songbook

  • how to make a songbook?
  • what is the great american songbook?
  • what is the american songbook?
  • what is a songbook?

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